USS Hornet CV-12

Name:
Kearsarge (Laid down as)
Hornet (Jan.22, 1943) renamed in honor of USS Hornet CV-8

Type:
Aircraft Carrier
Class:
Essex (short)
Hull Number:
CV-12
CVA-12 (Oct. 1, 1952)
CVS-12 (June 27, 1959)

Built By:
Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
Newport News, Virginia

Awarded:
September 9, 1940
Keel Laid Down:
August 3, 1942
Launched:
August 30, 1943
Commissioned:
November 29, 1943
Decommissioned:
June 26, 1970
Stricken:
July 25, 1989
Fate:
On display at USS Hornet Museum Pier 3 Alameda Point, Alameda, California.


Dimensions are general for class
Length:
872'
Beam:
93'
147' 5" (Flight Deck)

Draft:
28' 7"
Displacement:
27,100
36,380 Full

Crew:
3,448


Page revised Feb. 8, 2007