Design and construction -- World War II, Part 1 -- World War II, Part 2 -- Post-World War II and Cold War -- The Vietnam War and the Moon landings -- Final transformation into a museum ship -- USS ...
The United States is home to an enormous range of museums. In 2015, The Washington Post reported that the country has about 35,000 of them. Needless to say, not all these establishments will appeal to ...
Meet the second USS Hornet as she returns to the Pacific in 1944 armed with cutting-edge aircraft. From the Marianas “Turkey Shoot” to fierce battles over the Philippines, see how superior technology ...
Correction: A previous online version of this story said the present-day USS Hornet (CV-12) docked at the former U.S. Naval Air Station Alameda was involved in World War II’s April 1942 Doolittle Raid ...
“Hornet” is a deadly proud moniker in the annals of United States Navy history. Besides being the name of a deadly flying insect—remember the hysterical horror stories of the so-called “murder hornets ...