April 18 marked the 81st anniversary of Doolittle’s Raid on Tokyo in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December, 1941. Santa Rosa Cub Scout Pack 25 spent the weekend, April 22 and 23, ...
The USS Hornet sits docked in Seaplane Lagoon in Alameda. San Francisco can be seen in the background. (Michael Gennaro/Courthouse News) ALAMEDA, Calif. (CN) — Sitting in frigid Seaplane Lagoon off ...
On Oct. 26, 1942, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier the USS Hornet was sunk during pitched fighting in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Strapped to the deck of the carrier was a farming tractor, ...
USS Hornet sank in 1942 in key World War II battle Deep in the South Pacific Ocean, researchers have located the final resting place of the USS Hornet, the World War II aircraft carrier sunk in a 1942 ...
People gathered at the USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space Museum in Alameda Saturday morning to celebrate Veterans Day as well as two major milestones for the ship. One attendee, Paul Boettcher, served in ...
Eighty years ago, Bob Cole was a sailor on the aircraft carrier USS Hornet in the South Pacific. It was already a bit of a famous ship, having assisted in the Doolittle Raid, the United States’ first ...