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[Source: U.S. Navy]
Hornet was commissioned in November 1943, and after three months of training joined the U.S. forces in the Pacific War. She played a major part in the Pacific battles of World War II, and also took part in Operation Magic Carpet, returning troops back to the U.S. Following World War II, she served in the Korean War, Vietnam War, and also played a part in the Apollo program, recovering astronauts as they returned from the Moon.
Hornet was finally decommissioned in 1970. She was eventually designated as both a National Historic Landmark and a California Historical Landmark, and in 1998 she opened to the public as the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, California.
Name: U.S.S. Hornet Class: Essex Hull Number: 12 Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Laid down: 3 August 1942 Launched: 30 August 1943 |
Commissioned: 29 November 1943 20 March 1951 11 September 1953 Decommissioned: 15 January 1947 12 May 1951 26 June 1970 Struck: 25 July 1989 |
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