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USS Hornet (CV-8)

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Length251 m
Construction startedSeptember 25, 1939
LaunchedDecember 14, 1940
Weight 20000000 (kg)
Beam35 m
Builder Newport News Shipbuilding
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID2451770
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About USS Hornet (CV-8)


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.

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