USN · CV
AfloatEssex-class carrier, CV-12. Laid down as Kearsarge and renamed after CV-8 was lost. She joined the fast carrier force at Majuro in March 1944 and fought through the Marianas, Philippine Sea, Leyte, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and the raids on Japan. Not sunk.
| Class | Essex class |
|---|---|
| Type | Aircraft carrier (CV) |
| Hull | CV-12 |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding |
| Launched | 1943-08-30 |
| Commissioned | 1943-11-29 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war with seven battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation. Museum ship at Alameda, California, since 1998. This is CV-12, not the Hornet (CV-8) lost at Santa Cruz in 1942. |
| Armament (class) | Fleet carrier. Flight deck, with the island set aft of amidships. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
USS Hornet (CV-12) underway at sea on 27 March 1945. This is CV-12, not the earlier Hornet (CV-8). U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-K-14466. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Hornet (CV-12) underway at sea on 27 March 1945 (80-G-K-14466).jpg. Public domain.
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Command
Sample, William DodgeCommanding officer from 29 May 1944Relieved on 9 August 1944ADDoyle, Austin KelvinCommanding officer from 9 August 1944Relieved on 1 August 1945
Brown, C. R.Commanding officer from 1 August 1945Relieved on 14 February 1946CCCoe, Charles F.Captain from 14 February 1946Relieved on 14 August 1946Battle of the Philippine Sea
1944-06-19 · Task Group 58.1; her fighters worked the Turkey Shoot on 19 June 1944 and her aircraft joined the long-range strike of 20 June; not sunk
Battle off Samar
1944-10-25 · Task Group 38.1; two long-range strikes at Kurita's force on the afternoon of 25 October 1944; not sunk
Iwo Jima
1945-02-19 · air support over the island on 19 and 20 February 1945; not sunk
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · strikes on Okinawa from March 1945 and support of the landings from 1 April; wrecked forward flight deck in a typhoon on 5 June; not sunk
Operation Ten-Go
1945-04-07 · her aircraft joined the strikes on Yamato's force on 7 April 1945; not sunk
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