Spacecraft Recovery
25 August 1966: AS-202
24 July 1969: Apollo 11
24 November 1969: Apollo 12
General Characteristics:
Awarded: September 9, 1940
Keel laid: 3 August 1942
Launched: 30 August 1943
Commissioned: 29 November 1943
Decommissioned: 26 June 1970
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va.
Propulsion system: 8 boilers
Propellers: four
Aircraft elevators: three
Arresting gear cables: five
Catapults: two
Length: 899 feet (274 meters)
Flight Deck Width: 192 feet (58.5 meters)
Beam: 101 feet (30.8 meters)
Draft: 31 feet (9.4 meters)
Displacement: approx. 41,000 tons full load
Speed: 33 knots
Planes: 80-100 planes
Crew: approx. 3448
Armament:
1943: 12 5-inch (12.7 cm) 38 caliber guns, 32 40mm guns and 46 20mm guns
The USS Hornet (ex CV-12 and CVA-12) was originally to be named Kearsarge, but the name was changed to honor the USS Hornet (CV-8) which was lost 27 October 1942 after the Battle of the Santa Cruz islands.
More information on the USS Hornet (CVS-12) from the United States Navy.
Stricken from the Navy List 1989. Donated to The Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation for use as a museum on 26 May 1998. She can be seen at the Aircraft Carrier USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, CA.
