Summary and Key Points: The USS Hornet (CV-12), an Essex-class aircraft carrier, served from 1943 to 1970 and played a pivotal role in numerous WWII battles, earning 11 battle stars. -Powered by eight ...

April 18 marked the 81st anniversary of Doolittle’s Raid on Tokyo in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December, 1941. Santa Rosa Cub Scout Pack 25 spent the weekend, April 22 and 23, ...

Alameda, CA: The USS Hornet Museum is hosting CarrierCon on March 18th with a bonus event Anchors Aweigh on March 19th. Saturday March 18th is CarrierCon. The ship will be closed to the general public ...

USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum Marketing and Outreach Manager Russell Moore joined host Olivia Horton to discuss his new book ‘USS Hornet CV-12: Service in War and Peace’. Watch the clip to learn ...

Some eight decades after 16 bombers left the U.S. for a brazen bombing raid on Tokyo following the attack on Pearl Harbor, a small piece of wreckage from the squadron that became known as the ...

The USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the most important victory in the U.S. Navy’s history with a June 11 showing of the 2019 film “Midway” in the Hornet’s ...

The USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum will be closed to the general public March 18 for the Hornet’s CarrierCon convention celebrating cosplay, tabletop gaming and Western and Japanese media. Alameda ...

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 ...

It's pretty mind-blowing that aircraft carriers even exist. Even more so, they were already a regular feature by the Second World War, almost a century ago. They're practically miniature floating ...

Alameda, CA: National Vietnam War Veterans Day will be observed on the USS Hornet on March 25th. (Note: The official date of the holiday is March 29th but the museum is not open that day). Join us as ...