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...
USS Hornet CV-8 (1941)
#otd USS Hornet CV-8 after commissioning, at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 19 November 1941. #usshornet #v8 #flynavy...
Doolittle Raiders
#otd The Doolittle Raiders launched from USS Hornet CV-8 for their bombing mission against Japan, 18 April 1942. #doolittleraiders #b25...
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...
Ships Bell
And if you go aboard USS Hornet CVS-12 you can see the ships bell. #usshornet #cv12 #flynavy #wwii #navalsafari #aviationsafari...
Launch to Commission for USS Hornet CV-12 (1943)
Did you know that USS Hornet CV-12 was launched and commissioned within 3 months in 1943? And you can visit her today at former NAS...
USS Hornet CV-12 is 80!
#otd in 1943 USS Hornet CV-12 was commissioned, here she is in 1945 operating near Okinawa, painted in camouflage Measure 33, Design 3a....
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...
Just a flesh wound!
Just a flesh wound!!! A damaged TBF (note wingtip) lands on USS Hornet CV-12 during strikes in the Marianas area, June 1944. #usshornet...
