Keywords: USS Wasp (CV-7) deck edge elevator with SB2U 1940.jpg A U S Navy Vought SB2U-2 Vindicator BuNo 1376 from scouting squadron VS-72 pictured on the deck edge elevator of the aircraft carrier USS Wasp CV-7 at Quincy Massachusetts USA in June 1940 The elevator consisted of a platform for the front wheels and an outrigger for the tail wheel The two arms on the sides moved the platform in a half-circle up and down between the flight deck and the hangar deck U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 1996 253 2139 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16035019 QueryPage 2FQuery php 1940-06 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Wasp CV-7 Vought SB2U Vindicator Aircraft elevators |