If you can’t physically make it to the USS Hornet Museum you can get online to virtually experience the ship! This page will guide you through our ship’s spaces, from the Bridge to the Engine Room.

The bridge of the Hornet, with the captain's chair on its pedestal overlooking the flight deck. The large device with cylindrical viewing tube on the right side of the photograph is a radar repeater, giving the bridge team access to the same radar data available in the navigation spaces.

USS Hornet (CV/CVA/CVS-12) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy (USN) during World War II. Completed in late 1943, the ship was assigned to the Fast Carrier Task Force (variously designated as Task Force 38 or 58) in the Pacific Ocean, the navy's primary offensive force during the Pacific War.

Jul 2, 2019 · Docked at a quiet, out-of-the-way pier near what was once Alameda’s bustling Naval Air Station, the USS Hornet sits as a monument to the Navy, but also to the U.S. space program that...

Jul 3, 2019 · Take a tour of the bridge and pilot house on this WWII-era aircraft carrier, now on display as a museum in Alameda, California. Docent Carl Bragg explains how a crew of young men...

USS Hornet (CV-8), the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name, was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. During World War II in the Pacific Theater, she launched the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo and participated in the Battle of Midway and the Buin-Faisi-Tonolai raid.

Cross the Bay Bridge towards Oakland and follow the signs for I-880 South/San Jose/Alameda. Take the Broadway/Alameda exit and turn right at the bottom of the ramp onto 5th Street. Continue straight on 5th Street, remaining on street level.

Feb 13, 2019 · The late Paul Allen’s exploration company Vulcan Inc. used their famed submarine called RV Petrel to find USS Hornet which sank 77 years ago. The company initially released just a few pictures but has now opened its floodgates on social media.

Aug 8, 2024 · USS Hornet (CV-8) was the third and final member of the Yorktown-class, commissioned just weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor. As a pre-World War II vessel, her size was limited in accordance with international naval treaties from the 1930s.

The navigation spaces aboard Hornet are located three levels above the flight deck, on the port side of the island, and just aft of the pilothouse and the bridge. DRT station.