USS Hornet (CV-8)

1941 Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy

The seventh USS Hornet (CV-8) of the United States Navy was a Yorktown class aircraft carrier of World War II, notable for launching the Doolittle Raid, as a participant in the Battle of Midway, and for action in the Solomons before being mortally wounded in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.



See also: USS Hornet (CV-12).