Aircraft Carrier USS Hornet

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:transport_aircraft
gptkbp:aircraft_operated up to 90 aircraft
gptkbp:armament gptkb:fighter_aircraft
5-inch guns
20 mm cannons
Torpedo bombers
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:captain gptkb:Captain_Marc_A._Mitscher
gptkb:Captain_William_H._Mc_Gowan
gptkbp:class Essex-class aircraft carrier
gptkbp:commissioned 1943-10-20
gptkbp:crew_capacity 3,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1970-06-26
gptkbp:displacement 27,500 tons
gptkbp:famous_for participating in the Battle of the Philippine Sea
being the recovery ship for Apollo missions
launching the first air raid on Japan
gptkbp:fate gptkb:museum
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Aircraft Carrier USS Hornet
gptkbp:launched 1943-08-14
gptkbp:length 888 feet (271 m)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Alameda,_California
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_Hornet
gptkbp:nickname The Fighting Hornet
gptkbp:notable_mission gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Doolittle_Raid
Recovery of Apollo 11
Recovery of Apollo 12
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Essex
gptkb:USS_Hancock
gptkb:USS_Oriskany
gptkb:USS_Bennington
gptkb:USS_Yorktown
gptkb:USS_Bunker_Hill
gptkb:USS_Franklin
gptkb:USS_Wasp
gptkb:USS_Intrepid
gptkb:USS_Ticonderoga
gptkbp:speed 30 knots (56 km/h; 34 mph)
gptkbp:status active as a museum
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Admiral_John_H._Towers
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6