 Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kusvika paBethlehem Steel Company Fore River Yard pedyo neBoston, Massachusetts, Sprague akatora murairo we Wasp apo iye akagadzwa musi waNovember 24, 1943. Ngarava yacho yakakurumidza kutumirwa kuPacific, uko yakabatanidzwa muhondo yokurwisana neJapan. Basa rake rokutanga rokurwa raiva rokuparadza ndege dzomuvengi, zvivako, uye ngarava dzomumvura paMarcus neWake Islands muna May 1944. Muna June 1944 Wasp yakabatanidzwa mukupinda muSaipanuye Hondo yeGungwa rePhilippine. Musi waJuly 9, 1944, nguva pfupi asati asiya Wasp, Sprague akasimudzirwa kuva rear admiral pazera remakore 48. 