Some eight decades after 16 bombers left the U.S. for a brazen bombing raid on Tokyo following the attack on Pearl Harbor, a ...

Bill Moran. The late Paul Allen’s research team discovered the wreckage of World War II’s USS Hornet (CV-8), the aircraft carrier that launched the Doolittle Raid and participated in the ...

noting that today's sailors "draw inspiration from the fighting spirit of ships and crews like USS Hornet (CV 8)." "Although her service was short-lived, it was meteoric," he added. "As America's ...

The seventh aircraft carrier to enter service was the USS Hornet(CV-8), which was commissioned a mere 48 days before Pearl Harbor. It would eventually become famous for participating in a number ...

the carrier was named in honor of the USS Hornet (CV-8) after it was lost in October 1942 during the Battle of the Solomon Islands in World War II. The Hornet continued its service as a goodwill ...

One carrier (USS-Hornet CV-8) held the bombers and the other (USS Enterprise CV-6) provided search, antisubmarine and combat air patrol aircraft. This was the first mission for USS Hornet (CV-8).

For the U.S. aircraft carrier the USS Hornet, it would be her last ... which they got when they saw the Hornet's naval designation: CV-8. "CBS This Morning" was able to share the discovery in ...

Col. Jimmy H. Doolittle, on the 80th anniversary of the sinking of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) that Cole served on, while visiting the Veterans Memorial Museum in Fresno on Wednesday ...

Photo courtesy of Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Inc. The wreck of the World War II aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) has been discovered off the Solomon Islands by a research organization set up by ...

the private research vessel funded by late billionaire Paul Allen has located the wreckage of the historic aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) resting on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean at a depth ...