USS Hornet (CV-8): From the Doolittle Raid and Midway to Santa Cruz

by David Doyle

USS Hornet (CV-8), made famous through its launching of the 16 US Army B-25 Mitchell bombers flown by Jimmy Doolittle's raiders in the first US strike on Japan in May 1942, was the third and last Yorktown-class aircraft carrier completed. Serving the US Navy for just over one year, the warship had a brief yet heroic life. This volume explores Hornet's construction, wartime activities (including the Battle of Midway), and ultimate sinking during the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764358626
• ISBN13: 9780764358623
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.2" x 9.1"