Trumpeter 1:700 U.S.S HORNET CV-8

USS HORNET CV-8 Length overall: 252m Beam max: 34.3m Displacement standard: 19500t Full load: 25400t The HORNET (CV-8) was launched 14 December 1940 by the Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co，and commissioned at Norfolk 20 October 1941. 18 April 1942, HORNET lunched B-25 to bomb Japan, Intercepted broadcasts, both in Japanese and English. 6 June 1942, HORNET planes attacked the fleeing Japanese fleet to assist in sinking cruiser Mikuma, damaged a destroyer, and left cruiser Mogami aflame and heavily damaged. HORNET (CV-8) received four battle stars for World War II service.