CVS-12 USS Hornet FAR EAST CRUISE 1960

Namesake. Hornet, are the largest of the eusocial wasps, similar to yellowjackets. Eighth USN ship named Hornet
Ordered. 20 May 1940
Awarded. 9 Sep 1940
Builder. Newport News Shipbuilding, VA
Laid down. 3 Aug 1942
Launched. 30 Aug 1943
Commissioned. 29 Nov 1943
Decommissioned. 15 Jan 1947
Recommissioned. 11 Sep 1953
Decommissioned. 26 Jun 1970
Reclassified:
CVA-12, 1 Oct 1952
CVS-12, 27 Jun 1958
Stricken. 25 Jul 1989
Status. Museum ship at the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, Ca
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type. Essex-class aircraft carrier
Displacement:
27,100 long tons (27,500 t) (standard)
36,380 long tons (36,960 t) (full load)
Length:
820 feet (249.9 m) (wl)
872 feet (265.8 m) (o/a)
Beam. 93 ft (28.3 m)
Draft. 34 ft 2 in (10.41 m)
Installed power. 8 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 150,000 shp (110,000 kW)
Propulsion:
4 × geared steam turbines
4 × screw propellers
Speed. 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range. 14,100 nmi (26,100 km; 16,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement. 2,600 officers and enlisted men
Armament:
12 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns
32 × 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
46 × 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns
Armor:
Waterline belt: 2.5–4 in (64–102 mm)
Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm)
Hangar deck: 2.5 in (64 mm)
Bulkheads: 4 in (102 mm)
Aircraft carried: 90

WESTERN PACIFIC CRUISE, 17 May-18 Dec 1960, Pearl Harbor, HI, Yokosuka, Japan, Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Kobe, Japan, Subic Bay & Manila, Philippines & Hong Kong