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USS Hornet CV-8 1940
USS Hornet CV-8 1940 Construction on the seventh Hornet (CV-8) began on 25 September 1939 by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. She was launched on 14 December 1940 and commissioned on 20 October 1941 at the Naval Operating Base (NOB), Norfolk, Virginia. Hornet was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier. She was in service for just over one year. While in the Pacific theater, Hornet was involved in the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, and in the Battle of Midway. In the Solomon Islands campaign, she participated in the defense of Guadalcanal and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, where on 26 October 1942, Hornet was critically damaged and sunk by Japanese aircraft bombs and torpedoes. Displacement: 20,000 long tons (20,000 t) (standard) 25,500 long tons (25,900 t) (full load) Length: 824 ft 9 in (251.38 m) (overall) Beam: 83 ft 3 in (25.37 m) (waterline) 114 ft (35 m) (overall) Draft: 28 ft (8.5 m) full load Installed power: 9 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 120,000 shp (89,000 kW) Propulsion : 4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines Speed: 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) (design) Range: 12,500 nmi (23,200 km; 14,400 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) Complement: 2,919 officers and enlisted (wartime) Armament: 8 × single 5 in (127 mm) DP guns 4 × quadruple 1.1 in (28 mm) AA guns 24 × single .50 in (12.7 mm) AA MGs Armor: Belt: 2.5–4 in (64–102 mm) Deck: 4 in (102 mm) Bulkheads: 4 in (102 mm) Conning Tower: 4 in (102 mm) Steering Gear: 4 in (102 mm) Aircraft carried : 72 × aircraft Aviation facilities: 3 × aircraft elevators 3 × aircraft catapults
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