USS Hornet (CV-8)
USS Hornet (CV-8) is the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name. It was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy.
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| Name: | Hornet |
| Namesake: | USS Hornet (1805) |
| Ordered: | 30 March 1939 |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down: | 25 September 1939 |
| Launched: | 14 December 1940 |
| Sponsored by: | Annie Reid Knox |
| Commissioned: | 20 October 1941 |
| Nickname(s): | "Fighting Lady", "Happy Hornet", and "Horny Maru"[1] |
| Fate: | Sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 27 October 1942 |
| Status: | Found near Solomon Islands, late January 2019 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type: | Yorktown-class aircraft carrier |
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| Length: | 824 ft 9 in (251.38 m) (overall) |
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| Draft: | 28 ft (8.5 m) full load |
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| Propulsion: | 4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines |
| Speed: | 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) (design) |
| Range: | 12,500 nmi (23,200 km; 14,400 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 2,919 officers and enlisted (wartime) |
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| Aircraft carried: | 72 × aircraft |
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References
- "ThirteenCats - Ship Nicknames". Retrieved 2019-02-16.
Other websites
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- Michael Pocock. "Maritimequest USS Hornet CV-8 Photo Gallery". Maritimequest.com. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- "More detail on last hours of Hornet". Microworks.net. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- "WWII Archives Hornet (CV-8) original Ship Action Reports Scanned in from the National Archives". WWIIarchives.net. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- "WWII Archives U.S.S. Hornet (CV-8) original 32 Page War Damage Report Scanned in from the National Archives". Wwiiarchives.net. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- "NavSource Aircraft Carrier Photo Index for Hornet (CV-8), with Awards, Medals, and Ribbons Listing". Navsource.org. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- "USS Hornet Damage Report during the Battle of Midway". Researcheratlarge.com. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- "Decorations – Task Force 16 Citation". Cv6.org. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- "Commanders of the USS Hornet (CV-8)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
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