USS Hornet (CV-8)

USS Hornet (CV-8) shortly after completion
History
United States
NameHornet
NamesakeUSS Hornet (1805)
Ordered30 March 1939
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding Company
Laid down25 September 1939
Launched14 December 1940
Sponsored byAnnie Reid Knox
Commissioned20 October 1941
Nickname(s)"Fighting Lady", "Happy Hornet", and "Horny Maru"[1]
FateSunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 27 October 1942
StatusFound near Solomon Islands, late January 2019
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeYorktown-class aircraft carrier
Displacement
  • 20,000 long tons (20,000 t) (standard)
  • 25,500 long tons (25,900 t) (full load)
Length824 ft 9 in (251.38 m) (overall)
Beam
  • 83 ft 3 in (25.37 m) (waterline)
  • 114 ft (35 m) (overall)
Draft28 ft (8.5 m) full load
Installed power
  • 9 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
  • 120,000 shp (89,000 kW)
Propulsion4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines
Speed32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) (design)
Range12,500 nmi (23,200 km; 14,400 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement2,919 officers and enlisted (wartime)
Armament
Armor
  • Belt: 2.5–4 in (64–102 mm)
  • Deck: 4 in (102 mm)
  • Bulkheads: 4 in (102 mm)
  • Conning Tower: 4 in (102 mm)
  • Steering Gear: 4 in (102 mm)
Aircraft carried72 × aircraft
Aviation facilities

USS Hornet (CV-8) is the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name. It was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy.

References

  1. ↑ "ThirteenCats - Ship Nicknames". Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2019-02-16.

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