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USS Hornet (CV-12)
USS ''Hornet'' (CV/CVA/CVS-12) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier of the ''Essex'' class. Construction started in August 1942. She was originally named , but was renamed in honor of the , which was lost in October 1942, becoming the eighth ship to bear the name.
''Hornet'' was commissioned in November 1943, and after three months of training joined the U.S. forces in the Pacific War. She played a major part in the Pacific battles of World War II, and also took part in Operation Magic Carpet, returning troops back to the U.S. Following World War II, she served in the Vietnam War, and also played a part in the Apollo program, recovering astronauts as they returned from the Moon.
''Hornet'' was finally decommissioned in 1970. She was eventually designated as both a National Historic Landmark and a California Historical Landmark, and in 1998 she opened to the public as the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, California.
==Construction: 1940 to 1943==
The contract to build ''Kearsarge'' had been given to Newport News Shipbuilding on 9 September 1940, and her keel was laid down on 3 August 1942. The seventh was sunk in the Battle of Santa Cruz on 26 October 1942, and the CV-12 hull was renamed ''Hornet'' (the name ''Kearsarge'' is still stamped into her keel plate). She was launched on 30 August 1943 and commissioned on 29 November 1943. Her first commander was Captain (later Rear Admiral) Miles R. Browning.
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