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USS Hornet (CV-12) is one of 24 Essex class fleet carriers built by the US Navy during and immediately after WWII. The ship was originally to be named Kearsarge, but the loss of Hornet (CV-8) caused a change in naming, with the former Kearsarge being reassigned to CV-33. Hornet entered service in November 1943, serving in the Pacific Theatre as flagship of TF 58.1, participating in the Marianas and Philippines campaign, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, among others. She was one of the carriers to launch strikes during operation Ten-Go, when battleship Yamato was sunk.
After Operation Magic Carpet, Hornet was decommissioned in January 1947, becoming part of the Pacific Reserve Fleet. However, in 1951, the carrier was put back into service and thoroughly modernized following SCB-27A reconstruction to operate jet aircraft, work that was momentarily interrupted when her sister Wasp damaged her bow, and Hornet's was removed to replace the former carrier's lost portion. Hornet returned to sea in December of that year and in 1955 joined the fleet in the Far East; in December of that year she was put into drydock to undergo SCB-125 modernization. Back at sea in 1957, the following year she was also reclassified as CVS (anti-submarine warfare carrier).
From 1965 to 69 Hornet was engaged in the Vietnam war, while in July 1969 she recovered the astronauts of the first Moon landing. However, now getting long in the tooth, Hornet was decomissioned just the following year and mothballed in Puget Sound Navy Yard.
In 1998 Hornet opened as a museum ship in Alameda, California. She featured in a number of movies and tv shows while in this status.
After Operation Magic Carpet, Hornet was decommissioned in January 1947, becoming part of the Pacific Reserve Fleet. However, in 1951, the carrier was put back into service and thoroughly modernized following SCB-27A reconstruction to operate jet aircraft, work that was momentarily interrupted when her sister Wasp damaged her bow, and Hornet's was removed to replace the former carrier's lost portion. Hornet returned to sea in December of that year and in 1955 joined the fleet in the Far East; in December of that year she was put into drydock to undergo SCB-125 modernization. Back at sea in 1957, the following year she was also reclassified as CVS (anti-submarine warfare carrier).
From 1965 to 69 Hornet was engaged in the Vietnam war, while in July 1969 she recovered the astronauts of the first Moon landing. However, now getting long in the tooth, Hornet was decomissioned just the following year and mothballed in Puget Sound Navy Yard.
In 1998 Hornet opened as a museum ship in Alameda, California. She featured in a number of movies and tv shows while in this status.
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