USS Hornet (CV-8)

	USS Hornet (CV-8) shortly after completion
History
United States
Name	Hornet
Namesake	USS Hornet (1805)
Ordered	30 March 1939
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Laid down	25 September 1939
Launched	14 December 1940
Sponsored by	Annie Reid Knox
Commissioned	20 October 1941
Nickname(s)	"Fighting Lady", "Happy Hornet", and "Horny Maru"
Fate	Sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 27 October 1942
Status	Found near Solomon Islands, late January 2019
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Yorktown-class aircraft carrier
Displacement	20,000 long tons (20,000 t) (standard); 25,500 long tons (25,900 t) (full load);
Length	824 ft 9 in (251.38 m) (overall)
Beam	83 ft 3 in (25.37 m) (waterline); 114 ft (35 m) (overall);
Draft	28 ft (8.5 m) full load
Installed power	9 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers ; 120,000 shp (89,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines
Speed	32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) (design)
Range	12,500 nmi (23,200 km; 14,400 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	2,919 officers and enlisted (wartime)
Armament	8 × single 5 in (127 mm) DP guns; 4 × quadruple 1.1 in (28 mm) AA guns; 24 × single .50 in (12.7 mm) AA MGs;
Armor	Belt: 2.5–4 in (64–102 mm); Deck: 4 in (102 mm) ; Bulkheads: 4 in (102 mm) ; Conning Tower: 4 in (102 mm); Steering Gear: 4 in (102 mm);
Aircraft carried	72 × aircraft
Aviation facilities	3 × aircraft elevators; 3 × aircraft catapults;

USS Hornet (CV-8) is the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name. It was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy.

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History
USS Hornet (CV-8) shortly after completion
United States
Name	Hornet
Namesake	USS Hornet (1805)
Ordered	30 March 1939
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Laid down	25 September 1939
Launched	14 December 1940
Sponsored by	Annie Reid Knox
Commissioned	20 October 1941
Nickname(s)	"Fighting Lady", "Happy Hornet", and "Horny Maru"^[1]
Fate	Sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 27 October 1942
Status	Found near Solomon Islands, late January 2019
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Yorktown-class aircraft carrier
Displacement	20,000 long tons (20,000 t) (standard) 25,500 long tons (25,900 t) (full load)
Length	824 ft 9 in (251.38 m) (overall)
Beam	83 ft 3 in (25.37 m) (waterline) 114 ft (35 m) (overall)
Draft	28 ft (8.5 m) full load
Installed power	9 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 120,000 shp (89,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines
Speed	32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) (design)
Range	12,500 nmi (23,200 km; 14,400 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	2,919 officers and enlisted (wartime)
Armament	8 × single 5 in (127 mm) DP guns 4 × quadruple 1.1 in (28 mm) AA guns 24 × single .50 in (12.7 mm) AA MGs
Armor	Belt: 2.5–4 in (64–102 mm) Deck: 4 in (102 mm) Bulkheads: 4 in (102 mm) Conning Tower: 4 in (102 mm) Steering Gear: 4 in (102 mm)
Aircraft carried	72 × aircraft
Aviation facilities	3 × aircraft elevators 3 × aircraft catapults