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THE USS HORNET by the NUMBERS

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DELTA: General Statistics: Built at Newport News, Virginia, and the 8th ship to be named "Hornet," she is one of the most decorated ships of the US Navy

ALPHACombat Awards: The USS Hornet was awarded 7 battle Stars for Pacific service in World War II 

 FOXTROT: General Statistics: Scored the critical 1st hits in sinking the super battleship Yamato

CHARLIECombat Record: Sunk 73 enemy ships 

GOLFGeneral Statistics: Launched the 1st carrier aircraft strikes in support of the liberation of the Philippine Islands

BRAVO: Combat Record: Shot down 668 Japanese planes

HOTELGeneral Statistics: In 1945 launched the first strikes against Tokyo since the 1942 Doolittle Raid

ECHOGeneral Statistics: Under air attack 59 times, she was never seriously damaged

CREATED BY AMANDA SANDOVAL | @historysandoval | Inpired by Breakout Edu
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