USN · CV
Hornet
Photos and infoYorktown-class carrier, CV-8. She launched the Doolittle Raid, fought at Midway, and went down at Santa Cruz. She sank at 0135 on 27 October 1942. The museum at Alameda is CV-12.
| Class | Yorktown class |
|---|---|
| Type | Aircraft carrier (CV) |
| Hull | CV-8 |
| Builder | Newport News |
| Launched | 1940-12-14 |
| Commissioned | 1941-10-20 |
| Fate | Sunk. Not sunk at Midway. Abandoned off the Santa Cruz Islands on 26 October 1942. Makigumo and Akigumo each fired two torpedoes into her after dark. She sank at 0135 on 27 October. Not credited to one ship. |
| Armament (class) | Fleet carrier. Flight deck, with the island about amidships. |
| Command |
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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.
U.S. Navy photo 80-G-463613. USS Hornet (CV-8) underway in Hampton Roads, 27 October 1941. This is CV-8, not the later Hornet. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Command
Battle of Midway
1942-06-04 · not hit
I-19's attack, 15 September 1942
1942-09-15 · torpedoes passed ahead; not hit
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
1942-10-26 · crippled by bombs, two torpedoes, and suicide crashes about 1010 to 1021. Towed, hit again at 1620, 1655, and 1802, abandoned by 1727. Torpedoed and shelled by her own destroyers, and sank at 0135 on 27 October. Lost
