Hornet (CVS 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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. : W f I Wm. .V , I .,,... , HORNET proceeded from sTill-baTTered Pearl Harbor To Maiuro ATol in The Marshall Islands. ln The nexT few weeks Palua, Truk, SaTawal, and Ponape all felf The sTing of The HORNET. On June 20, l944, The Japanese fleeT sorTied ouf To conTesT American naval forces. Thus, The firsT BaTTle of The Philippine Sea resUlTed in l-lORNET's aircrafT desTroying a large .Japanese aircrafT carrier, a smaller carrier, and a cruiser, By The end of SepTember HOPNET could claim 27 enemy ships sunk and l28 probably sunk or damaged for a ToTal esTimaTed Tonnage of 402,050 Tons. The second BaTTle of The Philippine Sea ll.eyTe Gulfl began on OcTober 20Th and resulTed in heavy casualTies for The enemy. Manila Bay offered a rich shipping anchorage for The Japanese which l-IORNET bombed consTanTly. Cn February lo, T945 l-lOl2NET's aircrafT made a full scale aTTacl4 of Tokyo. Raids confinued for Two days and nighTs afTer which The gal- lanT carrier proceeded To Iwo Jima and To Okinawa. On April 7, l945, l-lORNET's aircrafT delivered The firsT of whaT were To be faTal aTTacks on Japan's garganTUan 45,000 Ton baTTleship YAMATO. . . 'HW f ' ' ..f.. .. , f . , 1 ,fgjl7,'f7'37.-'l3'l, 79, .ff ff f' ,.f, w,.,g4.-.4 '-,.- V' P: '. .-'1- ' ' - . ' in 2' ' ' 'P' ' ' Q.: ,.,. QTL,fl.f--TS9+fl.3'-Qfp,fi2.ZL'2ZffZ:sy. -. ..-.f Y ' 7 4-a?h.Q'..':fZJA , 'li ' rr gm, ,gas ,. ., ns,-1 Q .. -2 . v ,,' ,,,-- g ' .. seas..-tw' I- 'swarm' 1wa:?,'f '2.' :M5?T1':2-i' M . - ' .M T' T Q . - '5? 1 ' ' 7 'ff -.. 'M' Q, W, ..,.,. -. Q .1.i,. H . , ,. . f ,, ...w... .. .. ffc,q,y,,., .. f1.':Yf,w Alam. . . T ,NM H, .M Mlm

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On The 5Th ol June, l-IORNET enTered The eye oT oi Typhoon generoTing 60 TooT vvoves ond lGO l4noT winds. One porTiculorly lorge vvove collopsed 25 TeeT of her TlighT deck. The nexT morning plones had To loe ldunched off The sTern os The ship pocked down oT 19 l4noTs. HORNET reTUi'ned To Sdn Froncisco Tor exTensive repoirs, buT loy SepTember 13, 19-45 she joined The Mogic CdrpeT FleeT To TionsporT veTerons bock from The vvor. On Jonuoiy l5, T947 HORNET vvos decommissioned. U .-,. VM, ef. vffmf. ,lf--f.f,v ,!fMQwfXff7fQffzffx ov -fy 'ff,f'1fw'604Vf f f 'vip 'K H? vfWf,Vf7!f Mffffzfffiz f-,Cm-4f'1'fC5C4z0f:4:Qf iff-7: 1, f p',vfw,fif,fwf.-51,-1-,Mf,,,-ny, of f . ff , z fy T pw 7, f, ,., fi ff,f,n3fpg-f' ff f ff?fx-e':.Z7f'ifagj5wffZ: f T W ,, f ' ,QfffQ,i!',L ',,',fXffj, f 'ff 26709, yfjffiif ' ff,cwf:f,Qpf, f ,fa fawg f , ' T , ff 4 ff ,,fww,y',,1.fi., ,ff W. f 'v f WML? fbi' 'f , 42.104 , ., , ,W ,ff ,M ffwf fff f ,aff X T ' K ' i'Vffff.-wiffifczffffff. T fm: f 'fffwac , 1 . ,, , MW I ,,f,4.W,A4f,1fgf,fv.,W,,, syw-f,4,ff,,f,,ff ,f, ,vw we fi g,1s.L,.,, T f wwfffi ' fw2f1ff,4,2-1 ,-. - ,fu ff' ,, f,,f4vz5,f , ZQVZJ vu , r :T X f :L,'fVL4,,,gf ' ' f , fgfffffzii 9fW'fYf2,j?ff 0577! jfffif' 4 f? f J X, ff , ,yy Nfl , 1.1 iz-111 f Wit f f - ,,47'ff', 'T , zfffri' T ' ff T z,4,.,ffffWfZW f f fy iwff':,f,Q X! fn' m:wsf,y.'fi1','9ff f 0 ' fl 'P ,.,,fggwy , 5 f nf- -xajff f fuzzy -V ei- ,.f:,..:L.m: ,W-f f 111 if f ,diy ,.7f7fAZ.Qf,.,f, f fnmfzff' X52 f . 1 T 244 ' , ,f f v if T ' . S 5 i l T , A s f ' f f fmiigiimnli zu T, ' ff' fx l 2.