Hornet

USS Hornet (CV-8), the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name, was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. She was laid down on September 25th, 1939, launched on December 14th, 1940 and officially commissioned at Naval Station Norfolk on 20 October 1941, with Captain Marc A. Mitscher in command. During World War II in the Pacific Theater, she launched the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo and participated in the Battle of Midway and the Buin-Faisi-Tonolai Raid. In the Solomon Islands campaign, she was involved in the capture and defense of Guadalcanal and the Battle of the Santa C...