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USS Hornet

1941 Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy

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Country of Registry
United States of America
Commissioning Date
October 20, 1941
Manufacturer
Newport News Shipbuilding
Operator
United States Navy
Vessel Type
aircraft carrier, Yorktown-class aircraft carrier
Pennant Number
CV-8
Tonnage
19900
Current Location
-8° 38' 23", 166° 43' 34"
Aliases
CV-8

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67 ship citations (10 free) in 35 resources

58 books (7 free)
3 journals (0 free)
6 web applications (3 free)
5 illustrations (1 free)
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Hornet (Aircraft carrier : CV-8)
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Hornet (Aircraft carrier : CV8)
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Hornet (aircraft carrier); Guadalcanal
Book Naval Warfare: An International Encyclopedia
Author Spencer C. Tucker, ed.
Published ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA,
ISBN 1576072193, 9781576072196, 1576077403, 9781576077405
Page 456
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Hornet (aircraft carrier); Mitscher, Marc
Book Naval Warfare: An International Encyclopedia
Author Spencer C. Tucker, ed.
Published ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA,
ISBN 1576072193, 9781576072196, 1576077403, 9781576077405
Page 698
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Hornet (aircraft carrier); Santa Cruz Islands, Battle of
Book Naval Warfare: An International Encyclopedia
Author Spencer C. Tucker, ed.
Published ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA,
ISBN 1576072193, 9781576072196, 1576077403, 9781576077405
Pages 50, 567, 885
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Hornet (aircraft carrier); Tokyo raid
Book Naval Warfare: An International Encyclopedia
Author Spencer C. Tucker, ed.
Published ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA,
ISBN 1576072193, 9781576072196, 1576077403, 9781576077405
Pages 245, 357, 1016
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Hornet, U.S.S., and Philippines
Book On the Seas and In the Skies: A History of the U.S. Navy's Air Power
Author Theodore Roscoe
Published Hawthorn Books, New York,
Pages 413, 419, 465
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Hornet, U.S.S., at Midway
Book On the Seas and In the Skies: A History of the U.S. Navy's Air Power
Author Theodore Roscoe
Published Hawthorn Books, New York,
Page 332-333
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Hornet, USS (1941)
Book Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia Illustration
Author Lincoln P. Paine
Published Houghton Mifflin, Boston,
ISBN 0585109486, 9780585109480, 0395715563, 9780395715567
Pages 12-13, 168, 247, 252, 258, 279, 474, 484, 583
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