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	USS Hornet (CV-12) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The seventh Hornet (CV-8) was sunk in the Battle of Santa Cruz on 26 October 1942, and the CV-12 hull was renamed Hornet (the name Kearsarge is still stamped into her keel plate).
		Hornet, basing from Eniwetok in the Marshalls, raided enemy installations ranging from Guam to the Bonins, then turned her attention to the Palaus, throughout the Philippine Sea, and to enemy bases on Okinawa and Formosa.
		In 1991, Hornet was designated a National Historic Landmark, and on 17 October 1998, she was recommissioned and opened to the public as an aircraft carrier museum in Alameda, California.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Hornet_(CV-12) (1528 words)

	USS Hornet (CV-8) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		Hornet steamed from Pearl Harbor 30 April, to aid Yorktown (CV-5) and Lexington (CV-2) at the Battle of the Coral Sea.
		Hornet planes attacked the fleeing Japanese fleet 6 June 1942 to assist in sinking cruiser Mikuma, damaged a destroyer, and left cruiser Mogami aflame and heavily damaged.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Hornet_(CV-8) (1320 words)

	USS Hornet (CV-8) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Her men were unaware of the meaning of this experiment, as Hornet returned to Norfolk, prepared to leave for combat, and on 4 March sailed for the West Coast via the (A ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States (1904-1914)) Panama Canal.
		Hornet arrived (A port in western California near the Golden Gate that is one of the major industrial and transportation centers; it has one of the world's finest harbors; site of the Golden Gate Bridge) San Francisco 20 March.
		Hornet (A bomber that releases its bombs during a steep dive toward the target) dive bombers were unable to locate their targets, but 15 planes comprising her (Click link for more info and facts about Torpedo Squadron 8) Torpedo Squadron 8 found their enemy and pressed home their attacks.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/U/US/USS_Hornet_(CV-8)4.htm (1519 words)

	USS Hornet (CV-8): Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about USS Hornet (CV-8) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hornet steamed from Pearl 30 April, to aid Yorktown (CV-5) and Lexington (CV-2) at the Battle of the Coral Sea.
		Hornet dive bombers missed contact, but 15 planes comprising her Torpedo Squadron 8[?] found the enemy and pressed home their attacks.
		Her famed Torpedo Squadron 8 was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation "for extraordinary heroism and distinguished service beyond the call of duty" in the Battle of Midway.
	www.encyclopedian.com /us/USS-Hornet-(CV-8).html (1214 words)

	CV-8 USS HORNET
		The seventh Hornet (CV-8) was launched 14 December 1940 by the Newport News Ship Building and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; sponsored by Mrs.Frank M. Knox, wife of the Secretary of the Navy; and commissioned at Norfolk20 October 1941, Captain Marc A. Mitscher in command.
		As Hornet swung about and prepared to launch the bombers which had beenreadied for take-off the previous day, a gale of more than 40 knots churned the sea with 30-foot crests; heavy swells, which caused the ship to pitchviolently, shipped sea and spray over the bow, wet the flight deck and drenched the deck crews.
		Hornet planes attacked the fleeing Japanese fleet 6 June 1942 to assistin sinking cruiser Ufikuma, damaged a destroyer, and left cruiser Mogamiaflame and heavily damaged.
	www.multied.com /navy/Cv8Hornet.html (1107 words)

	USS Hornet (CV-12) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hornet earned nine battle stars for her service in World War II, and was one of nine carriers to be awarded the Presidential Unit Citation.
		In June 1946, Hornet was decommissioned, but on 11 September 1953, she was recommissioned as an attack carrier (CVA-12).
		In 1991, Hornet (CVS-12) was designated a National Historic Landmark, and on 17 October 1998, she was recommissioned and opened to the public as an aircraft carrier museum in Alameda, California.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/uss_hornet__cv_12_ (472 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - USS Hornet (CV-8) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hornet's role in the unprecedented operation was kept secret for a year, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt would only say that the planes had taken off from "Shangri-La," the fictional setting of James Hilton's Lost Horizon.
		On April 30, Hornet and Enterprise were sent to support USS Lexington and Yorktown at the Battle of the Coral Sea, which was over before they arrived.
		At the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, on October 26, Hornet and Enterprise were pitted against a Japanese force comprising the carriers Shokaku (heavily damaged by planes from Hornet) and Zuiho.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_046400_usshornet2.htm (428 words)

	USS Hornet CV-8
		USS Hornet, a 19,800 ton Yorktown class aircraft carrier, was constructed at Newport News, Virginia.
		Transferred to the Pacific in March 1942, Hornet was immediately employed on the Doolittle raid.
		Hornet was then sent to the South Pacific to reinforce U.S. units there following the Battle of Coral Sea, but was recalled to Pearl Harbor in mid-May. She then took part in the Battle of Midway, on 4-6 June, during which her planes shared in the sinking of the Japanese cruiser Mikuma.
	www.martinsgiftworld.com /usshornetcv8.htm (306 words)

	USS HORNET CV-8
		HORNET planes attacked the fleeing Japanese fleet to assist in sinking cruiser MIKUMA, damaged a destroyer, and left cruiser MOGAMI aflame and heavily damaged.
		HORNET sailed to guard the sea approach to bitterly contested Guadalcanal in the Solomons.
		HORNET joined Enterprise and steamed east of the Santa Cruz Islands to intercept a Japanese strike force consisting of four carriers, four battleships, ten cruisers, thirty destroyers and twelve submarines positioning to reinforce positions on Guadalcanal.
	www.its.caltech.edu /~drmiles/cv-8.html (818 words)

	History of Ships and Navies/CV-8 USS Hornet
		The seventh Hornet (CV-8) was launched 14 December 1940 by the NewportNews Ship Building and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; sponsored by Mrs.Frank M. Knox, wife of the Secretary of the Navy; and commissioned at Norfolk20 October 1941, Captain Marc A. Mitscher in command.
		Her men wereunaware of the meaning of this experiment, as Hornet returned to Norfolk,prepared to leave for combat, and on 4 March sailed for the West Coast viathe Panama Canal.
		As Hornet swung about and prepared to launch the bombers which had beenreadied for take-off the previous day, a gale of more than 40 knots churnedthe sea with 30-foot crests; heavy swells, which caused the ship to pitchviolently, shipped sea and spray over the bow, wet the flight deck and drenchedthe deck crews.
	www.multied.com /navy/Hornet.html (1092 words)

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		HORNET steamed from Pearl 30 April, to aid Yorktown and Lexington at the Battle of the Coral Sea.
		They were met by overwhelming fighter opposition about 8 miles from three enemy carriers and followed all the w ay in to be shot down one by one.
		Meanwhile, HORNET, herself, was fighting off a coordinated dive bombing and torpedo plane attack which left her so severely damaged that she had to be aban doned.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/carriers/cv8.htm (1146 words)

	CV-8 Hornet
		Hornet steamed from Pearl 30 April, to aid USS Yorktown (CV 5) and USS Lexington (CV 2) at the Battle of the Coral Sea.
		Hornet's attack on Mogami wrote the finish to one of the decisive battles of history that had far reaching and enduring results on the Pacific War.
		Bomb damage to Enterprise (24 August), torpedo damage to USS Saratoga (CV 3) (31 August), and loss of USS Wasp (CV 7) (15 September) reduced carriers in the South Pacific to one, Hornet.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/cv-8.htm (1157 words)

	Trumpeter USS Hornet CV.8 Plastic Model Kit
		The USS Hornet (CB-8), the 1941-1942 version USS Hornet, was a 19,800 ton Yorktown class aircraft carrier constructed at Newport News, Virginia.
		Transferred to the Pacific in March 1942, the Hornet was immediately deployed for the Doolittle raid.
		The Hornet was then sent to the South Pacific to reinforce U.S.units following the Battle of Coral Sea, but was recalled to Pearl Harbor in mid-May. She then took part in the Battle of Midway, on 4-6 June 1942 during which her aircraft assisted in the sinking of the Japanese cruiser Mikuma.
	www.e-hobbyland.com /newtrumussho.html (237 words)

	Haunted Bay - USS Hornet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The seventh Hornet (CV-8) launched 16 Army B-25s to strike the Japanese home islands in one of the most daring raids in the history of warfare, the "Doolittle Raid".
		The eighth USS Hornet, the one currently docked in Alameda, was commissioned in 1943 at the height of the war in the Pacific.
		Golemac describes the spirits of the Hornet as cohesive and positive, and they are making themselves known because they want the restoration work to continue and they want their stories to be told.
	www.hauntedbay.com /features/usshornet.shtml (1276 words)

	Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide - USS Hornet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The veteran Essex-class carrier USS Hornet (CV-12, CVA-12, CVS-12) is the eighth and most distinguished namesake in a long line of U.S. Navy warships with proud naval histories, beginning with the first Hornet in 1775.
		Seventh Hornet (CV-8) took the Doolittle Raiders to Tokyo, helped with the Battle of Midway, and was sunk in October 1942, defending Guadalcanal in the Battle of Santa Cruz.
		The eighth Hornet (CV-12) had an extraordinary combat record in WW II, engaging the enemy in the Pacific in March 1944, just 21 months after the laying of her keel and the shortest shakedown cruise in Navy history (2 weeks).
	www.maritime.org /hnsa-hornet.htm (425 words)

	Raid on Tokyo
		On 4 March, CL-43 rendezvoused with HORNET (CV-8) off the Virginia capes and escorted the carrier to the west coast, via the Panama Canal, arriving 20 March at San Diego.
		The Hornet CV-8 loaded the AAF B-25 Mitchell Bombers and crewman at NAS Alameda on April 1 and sailed from San Francisco Bay on April 2 under the command of Captain Marc Mitscher.
		Hornet brought her own planes up to the flight deck and steamed at full speed for Pearl Harbor.
	www.ussnashville.org /Tokyo_Raid.htm (522 words)

	Model Warships.com
		The USS Hornet, CV-8, was laid down in September 1939 as the third member of the Yorktown-class aircraft carriers.
		The Hornet participated at the battle of Midway, but was sunk at the Battle of Santa Cruz on 27 October 1942.
		My USS Hornet was one complicated model especially since I used five different PE sets, three separate decal sets, and scratchbuilt a host of missing detail.
	www.modelwarships.com /reviews/ships/cv/cv-08/350-ks/buildup-ken-summa.html (1645 words)

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		HORNET The seventh HORNET (CV-8) was launched 14 December 1940 by the Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; sponsored by Mrs.
		HORNET's mission was kept an official secret for a year; until then President Roosevelt referred to the origin of the Tokyo raid only as "Shangri-La." HORNET steamed from Pearl 30 April, to aid YORKTOWN and LEXINGTON at the Battle of the Coral Sea.
		She bore the brunt of air cover in the Solomons until 24 October 1942 when she joined ENTERPRISE northwest of the New Hebrides Islands and steamed to intercept a Japanese carrier-battleship force bearing down on Guadalcanal.
	sunsite.unc.edu /pub/academic/history/marshall/military/USN/carriers/cv-8.txt (1120 words)

	Aircraft Carrier Photo Index: USS HORNET (CV-8)
		Enterprise, Hornet, 16 other ships and their 10,000 sailors, airmen and Marines, who took part in the Doolittle raid in April 1942, were officially recognized for their daring exploit 53 years later, on 15 May 1995.
		Hornet was finally scuttled by Japanese destroyers Makigumo and Akigumo with four 24" torpedoes, early on October 27.
		USS Hornet (CV-8) underway in the Southern Pacific, 15 May 1942, a week after the Battle of Coral Sea and the day before she was recalled to Pearl Harbor to prepare for the Battle of Midway.
	www.navsource.org /archives/02/08.htm (1662 words)

	USN Ships--USS HORNET (CV-8)
		USS Hornet (CV-8) launches Army Air Force B-25B bombers, at the start of the first U.S. air raid on the Japanese home islands, 18 April 1942.
		Note anti-aircraft shell burst between Hornet and the camera, with its fragments striking the water nearby.
		Damage to the smokestack and signal bridge of USS Hornet (CV-8) after it was struck by a crashing Japanese dive bomber, during the morning of 26 October 1942.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-h/cv8.htm (824 words)

	USS HORNET (CV-8) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Die USS Hornet (CV-8) war ein Flugzeugträger der US-Navy.
		Februar 1942 verließ die Hornet den Hafen in Norfolk mit zwei B25-Bombern an Bord.
		Zwei Monate später machte sich die Hornet mit 16 B25-Bombern und 134 Mann Bomberbesatzungen auf den Weg nach Japan, um einen Bombenangriff auf Japan durchzuführen.
	www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/U/USS_Hornet_(CV-8) (192 words)

	Aircraft Carrier Photo Index: USS HORNET (CV-12)
		Note one of VF-11's F6F's with geometric white squares on the tail denoting CV-12, parked on the forward flight deck and the heavy weathering and rust on the original dazzle paint on her forward hull.
		The USS Hornet was the first Essex-class carrier to be painted in dazzled paint (November 29, 1943) and one of the last to have it painted out (July 1945).
		Hornet recovering and Bennington (CV-20) launching aircraft off the coast of Japan, March 1945.
	www.navsource.org /archives/02/12.htm (1242 words)

	Hornet
		(not to be confused with USS Hornet CV-8 of Doolittle raid fame) is among the most famous of this illustrious class.
		Under attack 59 times in 18 months of combat operations, Hornet's air groups and AA guns shot down 668 Japanese planes, destroyed another 747 aircraft on the ground, sank 73 ships with 37 probable sinkings, and damaged an additional 413 vessels.
		Rescued from the breaker's torch three years ago by a determined - and ultimately successful - group of preservationists, she is now in beautiful shape.
	www.steelnavy.com /Hornet.htm (310 words)

	Battle of Midway: June 4 - 6, 1942
		Hornet were sent north, to defend phosphorous-rich Ocean and Nauru islands.
		Hornet, the magnitude of the victory and the eventual salvation of millions of Pacific peoples came about because of the steady dedication of a selfless quiet man from Indiana.
		On March 9, 2001, in an impassioned speech before the Senate in Washington, DC, Indiana Senator Richard Lugar submitted Bill S.508 to advance the late Admiral Spruance to the rank of Fleet Admiral.
	www.cv6.org /1942/midway (1837 words)

	USS HORNET CV-12 CVA-12 CVS-12 by Dwayne Miles
		His responsibility includes attending museum board meetings, updating a new museum website with information of interest to Hornet crew members,www.uss-hornet.org/crew organizing the new Hornet memorabilia room on the ship, and resolving issues of interest to all involved.
		You can order a 1/24 scale die cast model of this truck or you can purchase an F-18 Hornet with your name on it that will be displayed on the truck during the race from http://store.yahoo.com/shaneriffelracing-store/noname.html All procedes will go to the USS Hornet Museum.
		The USS HORNET Museum is looking for any photos taken during the trip from Long Beach to Bremerton for the decommissioning in 1970, and even some in Bremerton.
	www.cco.caltech.edu /~drmiles/hornet.html (1978 words)

	56 - Cryptonomicon - USS Hornet (CV-8)
		Frank M. Knox (wife of the Secretary of the Navy Frank M. Knox), and commissioned at Norfolk 20 October 1941, Captain Marc A. Mitscher in command.
		Originally, the task force intended to proceed to within 400 miles of the Japanese coast; however, on the morning of 18 April a Japanese patrol boat, No. 23 Nitto Maru, sighted Hornet.
		The cruiser Nashville sank the craft which already had informed the Japanese of the presence and location of the American task force.
	www.electricinca.com /56/annotations/uss_hornet.htm (1174 words)

	USS HORNET CV-8
		HORNET left Norfolk with two B-25 Mitchell medium bombers.
		HORNET (task Group 6.1) joined up with ENTERPRISE (CV-6) (Task Group 16.2) for escort to Japan.
		HORNET and ENTERPRISE spotted by Japanese picket boats while still 650 miles east of Japan.
	www.cco.caltech.edu /~drmiles/cv-8.html (818 words)

	USS Hornet (CV-8) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This is the incredible story of the short but gallant life of the USS Hornet (CV-8).
		A carrier in the Pacific during World War II, the Hornet was lost twelve months to the day after her commissioning.
		Pummeled by torpedoes, bombs, and kamikazes, the Hornet finally went down at the Battle of Santa Cruz during the incredible struggle to hold Guadalcanal.
	www.navalaviation.com /usshornetcv8.html (61 words)

	USS Hornet CVA 12 - US Navy - Korean War Project
		Upon her return to Western Pacific waters in 1955, U.S.S. Hornet (The Grey Ghost), became a part of Task Force 77; Task Force 77 conducted training operations 30 August to 6 September 1955, simulating a limited war involving the invasion of a large strategic island friendly to the United States.
		Comments: The USS HORNET Club, Inc is a non-profit veterans organization dedicated to the preservation of the history of the USS HORNET (CV-8, CV-12, CVA-12, CVS-12), her ships' company, officers, aircraft, airmen, and crews.
		The eighth Hornet (CV-12) was launched 30 August 1943 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; sponsored by Mrs.
	www.koreanwar.org /html/units/navy/uss_hornet.htm (1284 words)

	Hornet Archive
		Commissioned in late 1941 and rushed into service, she launched fifteen B-25 medium bombers in the famous Doolittle raid on Tokyo.
		To hasten her sinking the US destroyers Mustin and Anderson put an additional nine torpedoes and 300 5" rounds into Hornet.
		Note that there were external differences between Hornet and her sister ships Yorktown and Enterprise.
	www.steelnavy.com /Hornet%20history.htm (254 words)

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