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1/350 Scale Plastic Model kit
U.S. Aircraft Carrier CV-8 Hornet
The USS Hornet (CB-8), the 1941-1942 version USS Hornet, was a
19,800 ton Yorktown class aircraft carrier constructed at Newport News,
Virginia. Commissioned in October 1941, she spent the next four months
in the Atlantic preparing for battle. Transferred to the Pacific in
March 1942, the Hornet was immediately deployed for the Doolittle raid.
On 18 April 1942 she launched 16 U.S.Army B-25 bombers to attack Japan, a
strike that caused relatively little damage but which had enormous
strategic implications. The Hornet was then sent to the South Pacific to
reinforce U.S.units following the Battle of Coral Sea, but was recalled
to Pearl Harbor in mid-May. She then took part in the Battle of Midway,
on 4-6 June 1942 during which her aircraft assisted in the sinking of
the Japanese cruiser Mikuma. In August 1942, the Hornet returned to the
South Pacific to join the fight for Guadalcanal. During much of
September and October, she was the only operational U.S.aircraft carrier
available to oppose the Japanese in that area. On 26 October 1942,
during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, her planes attacked and
badly damaged the Japanese carrier Shokaku. In return, however, the
Hornet received heavy bomb and torpedo damage, necessitating her
abandonment. Though accompanying U.S.destroyers attempted to scuttle
her, she remained afloat until torpedoed and sunk by Japanese ships
early in the morning of 27 October.
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