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CV-8 is honored aboard her namesake, which is now the USS Hornet Museum docked in Alameda, California. Hornet was the last American fleet carrier ever sunk by enemy fire, though the light carrier Princeton and a number of much smaller escort carriers were sunk in combat in other battles following Hornet ' s sinking.
In October 1942, after the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, the Japanese destroyers Akigumo and Makigumo are sometimes credited with finishing off the crippled and abandoned American aircraft carrier USS Hornet, but Hornet was already sinking with a 45 degree list after bomb and torpedo damage from aircraft operating from the carriers ShÅkaku ...
Bob Cole, 100, stands near a model of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8), on which Cole served, on the 80th anniversary of the sinking of the ship, while visiting the Veterans Memorial Museum ...
The sinking of HMS Peacock was a naval action fought off the mouth of the Demerara River, Guyana on 24 February 1813, between the sloop of war USS Hornet and the Cruizer-class brig-sloop HMS Peacock. After an exchange of broadsides, Hornet was able to rake Peacock, forcing her to strike. Peacock was so badly damaged that she sank shortly after ...
Enterprise and Hornet underway in May 1942. All three ships of the class saw action during the Battle of Midway (4–7 June 1942), Enterprise and Yorktown aircraft were responsible for sinking all four Japanese carriers engaged in the battle, while Hornet assisted in the sinking of
The ship also escorted aircraft carriers, including the USS Hornet and the USS Enterprise. San Diego’s active service ended when it was decommissioned in July 1946. ... sinking multiple enemy ...
USS Hornet (CV/CVA/CVS-12) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy (USN) during World War II.Completed in late 1943, the ship was assigned to the Fast Carrier Task Force (variously designated as Task Force 38 or 58) in the Pacific Ocean, the navy's primary offensive force during the Pacific War.
The USS Portland was the lead ship of the Portland-class cruisers and served with the USS Indianapolis, its famous sister ship. The ship also served in the Battle of Midway, Coral Sea, and the ...