LTC Jimmy Doolittle had 16 US Army B-25 Mitchell twin engine medium bombers. Heavy bombers had four engines.
USS Hornet sank at 1.30am on 27th October 1942.
Doolittle Raid; USS Hornet (Yorktown class), later sunk at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
Some think it is. Others do not.
Attacked Tokyo via the Doolittle Raid in 1942 (Sixteen B-25 Mitchells launched from the deck of the USS Hornet).
The USS Hornet was sunk during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
USS Hornet sank at 1.30am on 27th October 1942.
USS Hornet (CV-8), launched the Doolittle Raid in 1942, fought at the Battle of Midway, and was sunk at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on 26 October 1942.
Doolittle.
The USS Hornet Museum is located in Almeda, California. Its address is 707 W Hornet Ave, Almeda, CA 94501. More contact information can be found on the USS Hornet Museum official website.
Doolittle Raid; USS Hornet (Yorktown class), later sunk at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
Yes and No. USS Hornet, CV-8, did sink at the Battle of Santa Cruz. USS Hornet, CV-12, was renamed in honor of the sunk CV-8 and still exists. She is a museum ship in Alameda, CA
USS Hornet served only in the second world war. The CV-8 and the CV-12.
Some think it is. Others do not.
Attacked Tokyo via the Doolittle Raid in 1942 (Sixteen B-25 Mitchells launched from the deck of the USS Hornet).
The USS Hornet was sunk during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
Probably the Yorktown class: USS Yorktown, USS Hornet, USS Enterprise, and the single USS Wasp. USS Lexington had already been sunk prior to the Guadalcanal campaign. And the Light & Escort carriers hadn't arrived on station yet. USS Ranger was kept in the Atlantic, considered too vulnerable for Pacific work.
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