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Paul G. Allen Expedition Discovers the Sunken USS Hornet and Her Aircraft

Today we received incredible news from the late Paul G. Allen's deep ocean research vessel R/V Petrel that the research team aboard has located and documented the long-lost wreck of the WWII aircraft carrier U.S.S. Hornet (CV 8). This breathtaking news comes just under a year after the same organization located another historic Battle of Midway aircraft carrier, CV 2 U.S.S. Lexington (which we covered in great detail both here online and in print with Warbird Digest Issue #78). Haunting…

USS Hornet Museum

Time for a little more exploring around the Bay Area with the kids... On Saturday we visited the USS Hornet Museum on Alameda Island. If you're not familiar with the Bay Area, Alameda is where much of the tv show Myth Busters is filmed. It sits in the Bay just off Oakland and boasts some pretty spectacular views over San Francisco. No myth busting for us on this visit but we did have a fun time. Now I'm not going to claim to be an expert about, well... anything when it comes to ships. And I…

A great photo of USS Hornet leaving San Francisco Bay in 1942, headed for her day of glory when she launched the 16 B-25's of Jimmy Doolittle for the strikes on Japan.

A great photo of USS Hornet leaving San Francisco Bay in 1942, headed for her day of glory when she launched the 16 B-25's of Jimmy Doolittle for the strikes on Japan.

"Grey Ghost" - The USS Hornet Aircraft Carrier - Both of Them in 28 Photos

At the height of World War II in the Pacific, heavy aircraft carriers played a significant role in the composition of the U.S. Navy. One of the carriers