Recovery of Apollo 12
#otd USS Hornet CVS-12 hoists the Apollo 12 Command Module aboard. The spacecraft splashed down less than three miles from the HORNET in...
Still standing strong!
One more of USS Hornet CVS-12 on her 80th anniversary for this evening. Here is a look at her island with San Francisco in the...
USS Hornet returns to Pearl +3
#otd Crewmen man the rail of the USS Hornet CVS-12 as she arrives in port at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii with the Apollo 12 Command Module and...
USS Hornet CVS-12 (1968)
Per request, here is USS Hornet CVS-12 underway in August 1968, shortly before she began her Seventh Fleet deployment. #usshornet #cvs12...
Hornet + 3
A look back to July of 1969 with the crew of Apollo 11 aboard USS Hornet + 3 CVS-12 and President Nixon greeting them in the hangar bay....
Apollo 11 Recovery
Here is a look at the recovery of Apollo 11 by the crew of USS Hornet CVS-12 in July 1969. #flynavy #apollo11 #usshornet #cvs12...
USS Hornet returns to Pearl after Apollo 11
Flashback to July 1969 with USS Hornet CVS-12 returning to Pearl Harbor after recovering Apollo 11 (Hornet + 3). #apollo11 #usshornet...
