gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:aircraft
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Admiral_Marc_Mitscher
gptkb:Torpedo_Squadron_8
gptkb:USS_Hornet
gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Marc_Mitscher
gptkb:USS_Langley
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gptkbp:aircraft_operated
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90 aircraft
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gptkbp:approves
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1953
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gptkbp:armament
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40 mm Bofors guns
20 mm Oerlikon cannons
5-inch guns
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gptkbp:class
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Essex-class aircraft carrier
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Captain_Marc_A._Mitscher
gptkb:Captain_William_T._Mc_Gowan
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gptkbp:commissioned
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1943
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gptkbp:constructed_in
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gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
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gptkbp:decommissioned
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1947
15 January 1947
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gptkbp:displacement
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27,100 tons
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gptkbp:famous_for
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recovering Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 astronauts
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gptkbp:fate
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scrapped
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gptkbp:has_exhibition
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gptkb:USS_Hornet_Museum
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gptkbp:has_role
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Pacific Theater
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gptkbp:home_port
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gptkb:Hawaii
gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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USS Hornet (CV-8)
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gptkbp:launched
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gptkb:1940
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gptkbp:length
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888 feet
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gptkbp:losses
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gptkb:1942
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gptkbp:nickname
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The Fighting Hornet
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gptkbp:notable_event
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gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Battle_of_Santa_Cruz_Islands
gptkb:Doolittle_Raid
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gptkbp:operated_by
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gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:operational_status
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decommissioned
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gptkbp:served_in
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gptkb:1970
gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:sister_ship
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gptkb:USS_Yorktown_(CV-10)
gptkb:USS_Bon_Homme_Richard_(CV-31)
gptkb:USS_Essex_(CV-9)
gptkb:USS_Franklin_(CV-13)
gptkb:USS_Hancock_(CV-19)
gptkb:USS_Intrepid_(CV-11)
gptkb:USS_Kearsarge_(CV-33)
gptkb:USS_Oriskany_(CV-34)
gptkb:USS_Shangri-La_(CV-38)
gptkb:USS_Tarawa_(CV-40)
gptkb:USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)
gptkb:USS_Wasp_(CV-18)
gptkb:USS_Lake_Champlain_(CV-39)
gptkb:USS_Valley_Forge_(CV-45)
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:USS_Hornet_(CV-12)
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