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	USS HORNET : Contact Us
		USS HORNET : Contact Us Welcome to the USS Hornet's Ship's Store!
		Located on the main deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet, the Ship's Store offers books, patches, hats, and other memorabilia that can bring historic events to life - from WWII to the Apollo moon landings.
		All purchases support the ongoing restoration of the ship, opening parts of the HORNET that have been closed to the public for decades.
	www.uss-hornet.org /ships_store/welcome.html (151 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers - USS Hornet (CV 12)
		The eighth Hornet (CV-12) was launched 30 August 1943 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; sponsored by Mrs.
		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.
		Hornet was the recovery carrier for the Apollo 11 moon mission during which astronauts Neil Armstrong, and Edwin Aldrin Jr., landed on and walked on the moon in July 1969.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv12-hornet/cv12-hornet.html (1280 words)

	USS Hornet - Wikipedia w kroliki.com 07 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Najbardziej znane to lotniskowce USS "Hornet" CV8 i CV12.
		Siódmy USS Hornet (CV-8) - lotniskowiec typu Yorktown.
		Ósmy USS Hornet (CV-12) - lotniskowiec typu Essex.
	www.kroliki.com /wiki/link-USS_Hornet (210 words)

	USS HORNET CV-8
		HORNET's attack on MOGAMI wrote the finis to one of the decisive battles of history that had far reaching and enduring results on the Pacific War.
		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 (0 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)
		The USS HORNET underwent SCB-27A modernization at the New York Naval Shipyard from 1951-1952, and was subsequently redesignated as CVA 12 on October 1, 1952.
		USS HORNET is caught in a howling typhoon which collapses some 25 feet of her forward flight deck.
		USS HORNET was launched 30 August 1943 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; sponsored by Mrs.
	navysite.de /cv/cv12.htm (1503 words)

	USS Hornet -- Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
		The USS Hornet and its air groups were credited with shooting down 688 planes, destroying another 742 aircraft on the ground, sinking a carrier, cruiser, 42 cargo ships and 10 destroyers and assisting in the sinking of the Japanese battleship Yamato.
		The USS Hornet was reactivated for the Korean conflict and its last combat deployment was as an antisubmarine warfare carrier in the Vietnam conflict.
		The Navy announced the impending retirement of the USS Hornet on January 15, 1970, and the carrier was decommissioned on June 30.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/aviation/hor.htm (684 words)

	USS Hornet - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The USS Hornet (NCC-45231) was a Federation starship in service during the late 24th century.
		In 2368, the Hornet was part of the task force that blockaded the Klingon-Romulan border during the Klingon Civil War.
		Furthermore, the latter Hornet was the ship that recovered the crew of Apollo 11 on their return from the first manned lunar landing in 1969.
	memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/USS_Hornet (377 words)

	Pictures
		The USS New Jersey is on the left and the Japanese battleship Nagato is on the right.
		The USS Lexington CVA 16 underway in 1956.
		The USS Lexington was the first United States naval ship to have women as a part of the ships crew (1980).
	www.usslexingtoncv16.org /blueghostpic.htm (327 words)

	Trumpeter 1/350 USS Hornet
		Hornet planes attacked the fleeing Japanese fleet on 6 June 1942 and assisted in sinking the cruiser Mikuma, damaged a destroyer, and left the cruiser Mogami aflame and heavily damaged.
		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.
		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 abandoned.
	www.internetmodeler.com /2002/december/first-looks/Trumpeter_CV8.htm (1630 words)

	Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide - USS Hornet
		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.
		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).
		USS Hornet is a National Historic Landmark and a State Historical Landmark.
	www.hnsa.org /ships/hornet.htm (0 words)

	USN Ships--USS Hornet (1865-1869)
		USS Hornet, an 835-ton side-wheel steam gunboat, was built at Blackwall, England, in 1864.
		Under the name Lady Sterling, she was captured by USS Eolus and USS Calypso on 28 October 1864 while attempting to run the blockade of Wilmington, North Carolina.
		USS Hornet was sold by the Navy in June 1869.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-h/hornet5.htm (415 words)

	USS HORNET CV-12 CVA-12 CVS-12 by Dwayne Miles
		The Hornet is regaining financial strength and widespread public visibility of a positive nature - all key metrics were met by the beginning on March 2006.
		The Hornet Museum continues to rely on general museum membership dues, corporate donations, individual benefactors and the support of the Hornet Association to remain the premiere naval aviation exhibit in northern California.
		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.its.caltech.edu /~drmiles/hornet.html (0 words)

	USS Hornet - Staff And Visitors Report Seeing And Hearing Strange Things
		The Hornet -- which earned nine battle stars for her service in World War II and later recovered the Apollo 11 astronauts after their return from the moon in 1969 -- is a National Historic Landmark open to the public as a museum.
		The contrast was striking: Golemac passed on ``messages'' from the Hornet's spirits on ``the other side'' as she stood in front of a huge American flag.
		The USS Hornet Museum is at the former Naval Air Station in Alameda.
	www.rense.com /general3/uss.htm (1099 words)

	USS Hornet CV-12 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		She was sent out to support the cold war, Vietnam, and to recover the crews of Apollo 11 and Apollo 12.
		Hornet is docked at Alameda Point, a name given to the former Alameda Naval Air Station.
		Expert guides, including people who served on the Hornet, guide the below decks tours, giving information on how the systems work, what daily life is like on the ship, and stories from her colorful past.
	www.visi.com /~jweeks/carriers/hornet.html (422 words)

	USS Hornet CV-8 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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)

	THE USS HORNET MUSEUM’S ORAL HISTORY PROJECT (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The USS Hornet Museum’s Oral History Project (the Project) has been in existence for over two years, and in that time has faced a number of challenges, such as lack of funding and staffing.
		USS Hornet, CV-12, which was built at Newport News Shipbuilding, was commissioned in 1943.
		By showing the human side of Hornet and her missions, the public would be able to relate to her in a more personal way.
	battleshipnc.com /6mhc/jsmith.htm (2394 words)

	USS Hornet
		USS Hornet (CV-12/CVA-12/CVS-12), Essex-class fleet aircraft carrier, eighth United States ship to bear the name.
		Hornet's two bow catapults, the landing area, and a gorgeous view of the San Francisco Bay can be found here.
		Hornet's decks are numbered beginning with the hangar deck (first deck), with numbers increasing as one proceeds below toward the waterline.
	www.rjlee.org /cv12-home.htm (0 words)

	The Carrier Project - CV-8 USS Hornet
		Although the patrol is sunk by the cruiser CL-43 USS Nashville, she has time to radio a warning.
		SBD "Dauntless" dive bombers from USS Hornet (CV-8) approaching the burning Japanese heavy cruiser Mikuma to make the third set of attacks on her, during the early afternoon of 6 June 1942.
		Mikuma had been hit earlier by strikes from Hornet and USS Enterprise (CV-6), leaving her dead in the water and fatally damaged.
	home.grandecom.net /~cvproj/cv08.htm (1251 words)

	Info on USS Hornet Museum
		It was felt the Hornet would be the keystone for attracting tourists and other business opportunities (eg, its hangar bays are 3rd largest event center in the SF Bay Area so a natural for hosting conventions, reunions, etc).
		Consequently, Hornet's general museum admissions has steadily declined (exacerbated by the recession and the 9/11 attack loss of tourism to the Bay Area) to the point where we are operating around breakeven, before paying the pier rent to the City.
		However, the USS Iowa debacle last week gives us, as it should all American citizens, something to chew on about whether that great city is in serious decline and would support the values represented by our greatest generation that served in WWII.
	www.usshancockassociation.org /_disc3/00000001.htm (714 words)

	Haunted Bay - USS Hornet
		The eighth USS Hornet, the one currently docked in Alameda, was commissioned in 1943 at the height of the war in the Pacific.
		The USS Hornet has the dubious honor for having the highest suicide rate in the Navy.
		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)

	USS Hornet, Ships of Battlegroup
		She performed admirably during the first year of the war against Japan, carrying the Doolittle raiders to bomb Japan and participating in the decisive Battle of Midway, until the “Lucky Hornet” was hit for the first time and sunk on October 27, 1942, during the Battle of Santa Cruz.
		Hornet’s flight deck was damaged by a typhoon in early June, requiring a trip back to the United States for an overhaul.
		Hornet was decommissioned for the last time in June 1970 and she was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in July 1989 and sold for breaking up in April 1993.
	www.lostbattalion.com /t-bg_Hornet.aspx (535 words)

	Aircraft Carrier Photo Index: USS HORNET (CV-12)
		"Hornet + 3", Apollo 11 Moon Flight, July 1969 — President Richard M. Nixon was in the central Pacific recovery area to welcome the Apollo 11 astronauts aboard the USS Hornet, prime recovery ship for the historic lunar landing mission.
		Apollo 12, November 24, 1969 — USS Hornet, prime recovery vessel for the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission, moves toward the Apollo 12 Command Module to retrieve the spacecraft.
		USS Hornet crewmen are greeted by the crew of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission as the three astronauts are transferred from a US Navy helicopter to a Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) aboard the prime recovery vessel.
	www.navsource.org /archives/02/12a.htm (1046 words)

	Aircraft Carrier Models and Veterans Page, USS Hornet CV-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.yellowairplane.com /Models_Ships/Aircraft_Carrier_USS_Hornet.html (644 words)

	USS Hornet
		December 14, 1940-The Hornet is launched from Newport News shipyards, in Virginia.
		April 30, 1942-The Hornet leaves Pearl Harbor to aid the Yorktown and the Lexington in the battle of Coral Sea, but would arrive too late to help.
		After the loss of the Wasp in September, the Hornet is the only US carrier in the Pacific Ocean until October 24, when the Hornet joins the Enterprise before moving to intercept a Japanese force advancing on Guadalcanal.
	www.angelfire.com /ia/totalwar/usnHornetVII.html (395 words)

	USS HORNET MIA'S
		About 6:45 AM the USS BERKELEY reminded the crew that their mission should be concluded shortly and they should return to the USS HORNET.
		Shortly thereafter the aircraft disappeared from the radar scope of the USS BERKELEY.
		At 7:15 AM the USS BERKELEY notified the USS MAHAN that the aircraft should be inbound to USS MAHAN enroute to the USS HORNET.
	www.its.caltech.edu /~drmiles/hornet_mia.html (0 words)

	USS Hornet wooden model ship. A museum quality model boat.
		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.handcraftedmodelships.com /uss-hornet-model-ship.php (0 words)

	USS Hornet Museum - Alameda - Zvents.com
		"The aircraft carrier USS HORNET is a national treasure, having participated in two of the greatest events of the 20th century -- World War II and the Apollo 11 manned space mission.
		Now peacefully moored at historic Alameda Point on San Francisco Bay, the USS HORNET is a timeless memorial to those who defended our American values and to those who have pursued America's technological advancements.
		The USS HORNET MUSEUM proudly enters the new millennium with the goal of educating and inspiring both young and old with respect to the challenges of the past and possibilities for the future.
	www.zvents.com /venues/show/6134-USS-Hornet-Museum (190 words)

	USS Harwood (DD-861)- US Navy destroyer - Home Page
		In this web site honoring the USS Harwood, her Shipmates and Commander Bruce L. Harwood, you will find pictures and sea stories about life and cruises on a navy destroyer, names of those who served on her, a profile of Commander Harwood and interesting bits and pieces that never find their way into history books.
		It also serves as a contact point for USS Harwood Shipmates, reunion information, etc. My intent is to also make this an educational site where children of all ages can learn about destroyers and what it might have been like to serve and live on one.
		The two USS Harwood web sites have been and continue to be developed independently, but there is a degree of parallel content overlap.
	www.ussharwood-dd861.info (1251 words)

	USS Hornet by Dan Hamilton (Trumpeter 1/350)
		As the Hornet’s bow reached its lowest and started again its upward pitch, Doolittle passed the ship’s island, lifted the nose of the Mitchell and then the rest of the plane gently off the rising deck.
		Because all the Hornet’s ship based planes were in the hanger at the time, an open hanger deck door would allow me to show off an example of each kind of the three types of Navy plane.
		As to the flight deck, the Hornet crew had painted two white lines of different widths and lengths for the Army pilots to follow so as not to collide with the island or overcompensate and runoff the other side.
	hsfeatures.com /hornetdh_1.htm (2217 words)

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