USS Hornet Doolittle Raid Special

geetrue · 04-17-07, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

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Originally Posted by geetrue

That reminds me of a sea story ... it was the summer of 1963 see and I was on board the USS Salmon SS-572 when I got my first (and last) commendation in my service record.

Thank you for your service to our country

Well thank you Platapus ... not too many people do that ...

Now about the USS Hornet ... true the one Doolittle used to shock Japan was sunk in WW II, but this one took her place and had a envious war record too.

http://www.uss-hornet.org/history/index.html

1942- The seventh HORNET (CV-8) launched 16 Army B-25s to strike the Japanese home islands in one of the most daring raids in the history of warfare -- the "Doolittle Raid." She went on to fight at the Battle of Midway and was lost to an overwhelming air attack at the Battle of Santa Cruz.

USS HORNET CV-12: THE LEGACY CONTINUES

1943 - The eighth HORNET (CV-12) was commissioned just 16 months after her keel was laid.

For 16 continuous months she was in action in the forward areas of the Pacific combat zone, sometimes within 40 miles of the Japanese home islands.
Under air attack 59 times, she was never hit.
Her aircraft destroyed 1410 Japanese aircraft, only ESSEX exceeded this record.
Her air groups destroyed or damaged 1,269,710 tons of enemy shipping.
10 HORNET pilots attained "Ace in a Day" status.
30 of 42 VF-2 Hellcat pilots were aces.
72 enemy aircraft shot down in one day.
255 aircraft shot down in a month.
Supported nearly every Pacific amphibious landing after March 1944.
Scored the critical first hits in sinking the super battleship YAMATO.
In 1945 launched the first strikes against Tokyo since the 1942 Doolittle Raid.