USS Wasp may refer to the following ships of the Continental and United States navies:
was a merchant schooner purchased by the Continental Navy in late 1775 and destroyed in 1777 was a sloop constructed in 1806 and captured during the War of 1812 was a schooner built in 1810 and sold after 1814 was a sloop chartered in 1813 and returned to her owners in 1814 was a sloop-of-war constructed in 1813 and lost in a storm at sea in 1814. , originally the captured Confederate Emma Henry, renamed Wasp in June 1865 and found unfit for further service in 1876 , was the first steam yacht Columbia launched 1893 by William Cramp, acquired and commissioned in 1898 by the Navy and used as a training ship until sold in 1919 , a steel-hulled motorboat, was leased by the U.S. Navy and performed patrol duties in 1917 , laid down in 1936, was an aircraft carrier that saw action in World War II until sunk by in September 1942 an aircraft carrier launched in 1943 and served until 1972 is lead ship of the s and was launched in 1989 and in active service