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USN Hornet - Aircraft Carrier

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The USS Hornet (CV-8) was an Aircraft Carrier of the United States Navy, she was a Yorktown class Carrier. She could carrier ~72 Aircraft. She has a somewhat different look compared to the Yorktown (CV-5) and Enterprise (CV-7), mainly in island-layout and main mast. Also the placement of the quad 1.1 inch guns is a little different. She was sunk during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands in October 1942. She did not go easy, the USN tried to scuttle the Hornet, using torpedoes, off which many fa