Kammala wannan jumla: "Wasp" sannan aka tura shi zuwa Pacific a watan Yunin 1942 don maye gurbin asarar da aka yi a yakin da aka yi a
Coral Sea da kuma Midway. Bayan ya goyi bayan mamayewar Guadalcanal, "Wasp" ya buge shi da torpedoes uku daga jirgin ruwa na Japan a ranar 15 ga Satumba, 1942. Sakamakon lalacewar ya haifar da fashewa da yawa, ya hallaka ruwa-ruwa kuma ya kashe wutar lantarki. A sakamakon haka, ƙungiyoyin kula da lalacewar ta ba su iya ɗaukar gobarar da ta biyo baya ba. An watsar da shi kuma ya rushe ta hanyar torpedoes da aka harbe daga baya wannan maraice. An gano gawar a farkon shekarar 2019.