Skip to main content

Naval History and Heritage Command

National Museum of the U.S. Navy

American Alliance of Museums Accredited Museums Logo
Please check our Hours of Operation page before planning your visit. Click on red bar for more information.
[X]
Tags
Related Content
Topic
  • Relief Efforts--Humanitarian Aid-Rescue
Document Type
  • Photograph
Wars & Conflicts
Navy Communities
File Formats
  • Image (gif, jpg, tiff)
Location of Archival Materials
  • National Museum of the U.S. Navy
Author Name
Place of Event
Recipient Name

July 9, 1960 - Congo


NH 97509: USS Wasp (CVS-18), circa early 1967. NHHC Photograph Collection.
Caption: NH 97509: USS Wasp (CVS-18), circa early 1967. NHHC Photograph Collection.

USS Wasp (CVS-18) departed Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to support the United Nations effort to calm the newly independent Congo, which became independent from Belgium that June.  She returned to her home port of Boston, Massachusetts, that August.  


C848L.Q3 196-U5: South Africa, flow of major commodities, made by CIA. Courtesy of the Geography and Maps Division, Library of Congress.
Caption: C848L.Q3 196-U5: South Africa, flow of major commodities, made by CIA. Courtesy of the Geography and Maps Division, Library of Congress.
hide
Published: Thu Apr 23 08:53:55 EDT 2020