USS Hornet (CV-8)
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B-25 Mitchell Takes Off from USS Hornet for Doolittle Raid 1942
Battle of Santa Cruz Islands October 26, 1942
Battle of Santa Cruz Islands October 26, 1942 2
Battle of Santa Cruz Islands October 26, 1942 3
Battle of Santa Cruz Islands October 26, 1942 4
Hornet island
Japanese Dive Bomber Crashes on Deck of Carrier USS Hornet CV-8. Battle of Santa Cruz Islands
Stern view of ship while the carrier was in drydock at the Norfolk Navy Yard
USS Hornet at its launching
USS Hornet B-25 take-off
USS Hornet CV-8 bow view
USS Hornet deck fitting out, October 1941
USS Hornet deck fitting out, October 1941 2
USS Hornet February 1942
USS Hornet February 1942 2
USS Hornet February 1942 3
USS Hornet fitting out, October 1941
USS Hornet fitting out, October 1941 2
USS Hornet island 2
USS Hornet island 3
USS Hornet island, February 28, 1942
USS Hornetin in dry dock at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. March 3, 1941
USS Hornetin in dry dock at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. March 3, 1941 2
The seventh USS Hornet (CV-8) of the United States Navy was an Yorktown class aircraft carrier of World War II, notable for launching the Doolittle Raid, as a participant in the Battle of Midway, and for action in the Solomons before being mortally wounded in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
She was launched 14 December 1940 by Newport News Shipbuilding of Newport News, Virginia, sponsored by Annie Reid Knox (wife of Secretary of the Navy Frank M. Knox), and commissioned at Norfolk 20 October 1941, Captain Marc A. Mitscher in command.