Hornet (Aircraft carrier : CV-8)
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CV-8 (Aircraft carrier)
CV8 (Ship)
Hornet (Aircraft carrier : CV8)
Hornet VII (Aircraft carrier : CV-8)
USS Hornet (Aircraft carrier : CV-8)
U.S.S. Hornet (Aircraft carrier : CV-8)
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found: The Floating Drydock's warship's battle damage, 1985- :v. 1, no. 1, t.p. (USS Hornet CV8) p. 2 of cover (aircraft carrier of the Yorktown class, U.S. Navy; lost in action in the Battle of Santa Cruz, 10/27/42)
found: Dict. of Amer. naval fighting ships, 1959- :v. 3, p. 368 (Hornet, CV-8; launched 12/14/40, Newport News; 7th U.S. ship to be named Hornet)
found: USS Hornet (CV-8), 2019:title page (USS Hornet (CV-8)
found: Naval History and Heritage Command website, viewed July 27, 2021Collections (USS Hornet (CV-8) was laid down on 25 September 1939 at Newport News, Va., by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.; launched on 14 December 1940; sponsored by Mrs. William F. Knox, wife of Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox; and commissioned on 20 October 1941 at the Naval Operating Base (NOB), Norfolk, Va., Capt. Marc A. Mitscher in command)
found: DANFS, viewed online July 27, 2021Hornet VII (CV-8) (1941-1943; in the fourth major carrier battle of 1942, for Enterprise was damaged by planes from Junyo and Shōkaku; Hornet was damaged by planes from Junyo, Shōkaku, and Zuikaku; The attempt to scuttle the irreparably damaged Hornet, by gunfire and torpedoes from destroyers Mustin and Anderson failed; Abandoned, and already damaged by bombs and torpedoes, and the attempted scuttling by torpedoes and gunfire, Hornet was finally sunk by the Japanese destroyers Akigumo and Makigumo; Hornet was stricken from the Naval Register on 13 January 1943)
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Change Notes
1987-04-21: new
2021-07-27: revised
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