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The eighth and final ship to bear this gallant name, USS Hornet (CV-12), was commissioned on November 29, 1943, the fourth ship in the Essex-class series of aircraft carriers. Her incredible exploits during World War II earned her the Presidential Unit Citation and nine battle stars.
- USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum Additional Historic Information ...
At 9:20 AM, pilots from Hornet’s torpedo squadron (VT-8)...
- USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum Additional Historic Information ...
At 9:20 AM, pilots from Hornet’s torpedo squadron (VT-8) made the Figure 2: SBD "Dauntless" dive bombers from USS Hornet (CV-8) Mikuma to make the third set of attacks on her, during the early afternoon of June 6, 1942. Mikuma had been hit earlier by strikes from Hornet and USS Enterprise (CV-6), leaving her dead in the water and fatally damaged.
USS Hornet (CV-8) was the third and final member of the Yorktown class, commissioned just weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor. As a pre-World War II vessel, her size was limited in accordance with naval treaties of the 1930’s.
11 Ιαν 2023 · USS Hornet (CV-8) enters Pearl Harbor, 26 May 1942. She left two days later to take part in the Battle of Midway. Photographed from Ford Island Naval Air Station, with two aircraft towing...
USS Hornet (CV-8), the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name, was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. During World War II in the Pacific Theater, she launched the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo and participated in the Battle of Midway and the Buin-Faisi-Tonolai raid.
Commissioned in October 1941 at Newport News, Virginia, the Yorktown-class aircraft carrier, USS Hornet (CV-8) was ordered in March 1942 to the Pacific. Only a month later, she took part in...
7th U.S. Navy vessel named Hornet. Ordered March 30, 1939; laid down September 25, 1939, launched December 14, 1940, sponsored by Annie Reid Knox, commissioned October 20, 1941. Launched the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo and participated in the Battle of Midway.
