USS Hornet (CV-8)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Admiral_Marc_Mitscher
gptkb:Torpedo_Squadron_8
gptkb:USS_Hornet
gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Marc_Mitscher
gptkb:USS_Langley
gptkbp:aircraft_operated 90 aircraft
gptkbp:approves 1953
gptkbp:armament 40 mm Bofors guns
20 mm Oerlikon cannons
5-inch guns
gptkbp:class Essex-class aircraft carrier
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_Marc_A._Mitscher
gptkb:Captain_William_T._Mc_Gowan
gptkbp:commissioned 1943
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:decommissioned 1947
15 January 1947
gptkbp:displacement 27,100 tons
gptkbp:famous_for recovering Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 astronauts
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:has_exhibition gptkb:USS_Hornet_Museum
gptkbp:has_role Pacific Theater
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Hawaii
gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Hornet (CV-8)
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1940
gptkbp:length 888 feet
gptkbp:losses gptkb:1942
gptkbp:nickname The Fighting Hornet
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Battle_of_Santa_Cruz_Islands
gptkb:Doolittle_Raid
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:battle
gptkbp:operational_status decommissioned
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:1970
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship 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)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:USS_Hornet_(CV-12)