| Ship History
USS Hornet CV-8 was the seventh ship
in the US Navy with the name Hornet.
Wartime History
On April 18, 1942 Hornet launched sixteen B-25 Mitchells of the "Do little Raid" to strike the Japanese home
islands. She went on to fight at the Battle
of Midway and was sunk by overwhelming Japanese air attack at the
Battle of Santa Cruz.
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