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This is a shot of the USS Hornet Scoreboard that hangs in it's hangar bay. Well...it's actually a replica of it as I just learned in flipping through the book I purchased in the gift shop. The original hangs in Pensacola Fl in the National Museum of Naval Aviation.
While the Hornet wasn't solely responsible for the sinking of the Japanese battleship Yamato, it is credited in being the first to strike it.
This Hornet (CV-12, later CVS-12) was actually the second Hornet carrier to fight in WWII. The first, CV-8, was sunk in the vicinity of the Santa Cruz Islands. in October 1942. In November 1943 the CV-12 was commissioned and served for 15 continuous months, a timeframe unequaled by any other ship. The only reason she didn't finish the war fighting was that she was damaged in a typhoon in June of 1945. Before that though she managed to shoot down more enemy plans and sink or damage more enemy shipping than any other WWII carrier.
John
Comments (15)
Wow really interesting thank you for sharing and for the narative hugs lou x
Thank you for sharing all this information with us John!!!! It was for definate a wonderful weekend for you!!! Hugs Ute
Great shot of this bit of history, it is great that you have the opportunity to see all of these things and your kids will definately benefit from seeing real world historical landmarks and structures like this- very cool man!
Interesting history you always present with clear shots.
I'm loving all your shots here. It was very interesting to see the scorecard. Thanks for posting them.
Interesting and illustrative photo John......!!!!
cool... :)
A fascinating history shot you have captured and posted here!!!
Interesting history and photo, well done!
Excellent and very interesting shot with fantastic details!
Well done erland
Excellent!!!!!!!!!!-------------------;o) GRACIAS POR TU SALUDO , POR MI CUMPLEAÑOS!!! UN GRAN ABRAZO PARA TI DESDE ARGENTINA ROBY
Impressive scoreboard. I remember having read about USS Hornet though I do not know much about the Pacific war theatre.
Damm that's quite the war record, I never knew there were two of them...
ineresting