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The USS Hornet was an American aircraft carrier launched in 1940 which took active part in the Second World War, including the events of
the Doolittle Raid, the Battle of Solomon Islands and the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, where an aerial attack left her in practically
irreparable condition. Abandoned by her crew, the USS Hornet was finally sunk by the combined efforts of the American and Japanese
destroyers alike, in a fatidic night of October 1942.
The illustration shows the USS Hornet as she was arranged just before the Doolittle Raid in April 1942, the first offensive in which she
participated. There is a B-25B Mitchell bomber at prow aligned with the white guide lines painted in the flight deck and
an F4F Wildcat fighter placed in the elevator astern. The deck was lined with wood and the sides of the hangars had wide openings
closed by mobile shutters. The aircraft could land in both directions, albeit this feature was never used in operations.
Class: Yorktown (3 units - Enterprise (CV-6), Hornet (CV-8), Yorktown (CV-5))
Type: Aircraft carrier
Length: 252.5 meters
Beam: 34.7 meters
Draught: 8.8 meters
Displacement (standard): 20220 tonnes
Propulsion: 4 x shaft, 4 x steam turbine Parsons, 9 x boiler Babcock and Wilcox, 120000 horsepower
Speed: 33.8 knots (62.6 kilometers/hour)
Range: 12500 nautical miles (23200 kilometers) at 15 knots
Fuel: 6502 tonnes of petrol
Complement: 2919
Armament (as built): 8 x 127-millimeter 38-caliber cannon, 16 x 28-millimeter 75-caliber cannon,
16 x 12.7-millimeter machine gun
Armament (in 1942): 8 x 127-millimeter 38-caliber cannon, 16 x 28-millimeter 75-caliber cannon,
24 x 20-millimeter cannon
Armor: 102 millimeters in belt, 76 millimeters in main deck, 25-76 millimeters in lower deck
Aircraft: 85-90
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