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Seventh USS Hornet (CV-8)
Laid down: Sept 1939 Newport News, VA
Launched: December 1940
Commissioned: October 1941
Length: 809 ft
Beam: 83 ft
Flightdeck Width: 127 ft
Draft: 21 ft
Displacement: 20,000 tons
Propulsion: Geared Turbines, 4 shafts, 120,000 hp
Speed: 34 knots
Armament: 81 planes
Crew: 2072
With the USS Enterprise launched the Doolittle Raid in 1942. She went on to fight at the Battle of Midway and was sunk during the Battle of Santa Cruz on October 26 1942.