Hornet (CVA 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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The fourth HORNET was a five gun schooner and carried a crew of 57 men. She was em- ployed principally on hays and rivers as a dispatch vessel. Between 1813 and 1820 she was ,commanded by Lieutenants Lewis Page, Jesse Wilkinstmn, James llamage and 'John P. Zantzinger. She was sold out of the service in 1820. 1 l up -L'-5 i:4lnl?'ll1': 5' TP- l-.'5AW 1-'.14S1145'7-wi-1. 5' FL? fl 1 it ?T1t'v k:ll.fQN1 H - uQ:ll.-sign . .LW ff 'lv-1-'f '. Lf' 9 The fifth HORNET was an iron side wheel steamer captured off North Carolina on October 28, 1864. On June 17, 1865 she was in service under the command of Acting Master Joseph Avant. Four months later she was ordered to Havana, Cuba to receive the surrender of the Confederate Ram Stonewall. Upon returning she was laid up in the Navy Yard at League Island, Pennsylvania where she was later sold. The sixth HORNET was a converted yacht which was purchased by the Navy and outfitted for battle ,during the Spanish-American War. She served with Admiral Samson's Fleet in and around Havana supporting troop movements and distinguished herself by destroying most of the enemy fleet in Manzanillo Harbor. -2- 1 mu 2 -v . f , ' at- -H -4 4 -- ' . W-'T' JEWELS

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the death of a allant fi hting ship Hornet Number Seven is towed away from the scene of battle and sunk by American Destroyers-a gallant death for a fighting ship. 1 0 t l I 1 dd -. f N, .3 -, 0:4 -:.. f ' ,ugh Ir: 'ff-'-' 11 V' ,iw TW: -19 -'GI' Q 'T ? : '51:u9? i'5 L d ' 4- ' '. 1 W N l ' l1ql