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U.S.S. Hornet/CV-8
U.S.S. Hornet/CV-8
[Source: U.S. Navy]
USS Hornet CV-8, the seventh ship to carry the name Hornet, was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. During World War II in the Pacific Theater, she launched the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo and participated in the Battle of Midway and the Buin-Faisi-Tonolai Raid. In the Solomon Islands campaign she was involved in the Capture and Defense of Guadalcanal and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands where she was irreparably damaged and sunk. Hornet was in service for a year and six days and was the last US fleet carrier ever sunk by enemy fire. For these actions, she was awarded four service stars, a citation for the Doolittle Raid in 1995, and her Torpedo Squadron 8 received a Presidential Unit Citation for extraordinary heroism for the Battle of Midway.

Name: USS Hornet
Class: Yorktown
Hull Number: 8
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co
Laid down: 25 September 1939
 Launched: 14 December 1940
Commissioned: 20 October 1941
Struck: 13 January 1943
Fate: Sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 27 October 1942
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