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{"id":8851821854938,"title":"Legendary battleships -USS HORNET CV-8 1940 AIRCRAFT CARRIER 1:1250 SCALE","handle":"legendary-battleships-uss-hornet-cv-8-1940-aircraft-carrier-1-1250-scale","description":"\u003ch5\u003eDescription\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConstruction on the seventh Hornet (CV-8) began on 25 September 1939 by Newport News Shipbuilding \u0026amp; Dry Dock Co. She was launched on 14 December 1940 and commissioned on 20 October 1941 at the Naval Operating Base (NOB), Norfolk, Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHornet was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier. She was in service for just over one year. While in the Pacific theater, Hornet was involved in the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, and in the Battle of Midway. In the Solomon Islands campaign, she participated in the defense of Guadalcanal and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, where on 26 October 1942, Hornet was critically damaged and sunk by Japanese aircraft bombs and torpedoes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHornet earned the American Defense Service medal, the American Campaign medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign medal with 4 battle stars, and the World War II Victory medal. She was the last U.S. fleet carrier lost in action.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHornet’s commanding officers were Capt. Marc A. Mitscher, from 20 October 1941 to 15 June 1942, and Capt. Charles P. Mason, from 15 June 1942 to 26 October 1942.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eName : Hornet\u003cbr\u003eNamesake: USS Hornet (1805)\u003cbr\u003eOrdered: 30 March 1939\u003cbr\u003eBuilder: Newport News Shipbuilding Company\u003cbr\u003eLaid down: 25 September 1939\u003cbr\u003eLaunched : 14 December 1940\u003cbr\u003eSponsored: by Annie Reid Knox\u003cbr\u003eCommissioned: 20 October 1941\u003cbr\u003eNickname(s): “Fighting Lady”, “Happy Hornet”, and “Horny Maru”\u003cbr\u003eFate: Sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 27 October 1942\u003cbr\u003eStatus: Found near Solomon Islands, late January 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClass and type: Yorktown-class aircraft carrier\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDisplacement:\u003cbr\u003e20,000 long tons (20,000 t) (standard)\u003cbr\u003e25,500 long tons (25,900 t) (full load)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLength: 824 ft 9 in (251.38 m) (overall)\u003cbr\u003eBeam:\u003cbr\u003e83 ft 3 in (25.37 m) (waterline)\u003cbr\u003e114 ft (35 m) (overall)\u003cbr\u003eDraft: 28 ft (8.5 m) full load\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInstalled power:\u003cbr\u003e9 × Babcock \u0026amp; Wilcox boilers\u003cbr\u003e120,000 shp (89,000 kW)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePropulsion : 4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpeed: 32.5 knots (60.2 km\/h; 37.4 mph) (design)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRange: 12,500 nmi (23,200 km; 14,400 mi) at 15 knots (28 km\/h; 17 mph)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComplement: 2,919 officers and enlisted (wartime)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArmament:\u003cbr\u003e8 × single 5 in (127 mm) DP guns\u003cbr\u003e4 × quadruple 1.1 in (28 mm) AA guns\u003cbr\u003e24 × single .50 in (12.7 mm) AA MGs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArmor:\u003cbr\u003eBelt: 2.5–4 in (64–102 mm)\u003cbr\u003eDeck: 4 in (102 mm)\u003cbr\u003eBulkheads: 4 in (102 mm)\u003cbr\u003eConning Tower: 4 in (102 mm)\u003cbr\u003eSteering Gear: 4 in (102 mm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAircraft carried : 72 × aircraft\u003cbr\u003eAviation facilities:\u003cbr\u003e3 × aircraft elevators\u003cbr\u003e3 × aircraft catapults\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-05-02T11:12:02+02:00","created_at":"2025-05-02T11:12:02+02:00","vendor":"Diecast Ships","type":"Diecast ships","tags":["Legendary Cruise Ships","NSMAY25"],"price":119500,"price_min":119500,"price_max":119500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":46424256020698,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"241943","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Legendary battleships -USS HORNET CV-8 1940 AIRCRAFT CARRIER 1:1250 SCALE","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":119500,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":null,"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/gpmodels.co.za\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Untitleddesign-2025-05-02T110954.944.jpg?v=1746177186","\/\/gpmodels.co.za\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Untitleddesign-2025-05-02T111103.014.jpg?v=1746177193"],"featured_image":"\/\/gpmodels.co.za\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Untitleddesign-2025-05-02T110954.944.jpg?v=1746177186","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":38141776494810,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":945,"width":945,"src":"\/\/gpmodels.co.za\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Untitleddesign-2025-05-02T110954.944.jpg?v=1746177186"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":945,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/gpmodels.co.za\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Untitleddesign-2025-05-02T110954.944.jpg?v=1746177186","width":945},{"alt":null,"id":38141777051866,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":945,"width":945,"src":"\/\/gpmodels.co.za\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Untitleddesign-2025-05-02T111103.014.jpg?v=1746177193"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":945,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/gpmodels.co.za\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Untitleddesign-2025-05-02T111103.014.jpg?v=1746177193","width":945}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003ch5\u003eDescription\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConstruction on the seventh Hornet (CV-8) began on 25 September 1939 by Newport News Shipbuilding \u0026amp; Dry Dock Co. She was launched on 14 December 1940 and commissioned on 20 October 1941 at the Naval Operating Base (NOB), Norfolk, Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHornet was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier. She was in service for just over one year. While in the Pacific theater, Hornet was involved in the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, and in the Battle of Midway. In the Solomon Islands campaign, she participated in the defense of Guadalcanal and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, where on 26 October 1942, Hornet was critically damaged and sunk by Japanese aircraft bombs and torpedoes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHornet earned the American Defense Service medal, the American Campaign medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign medal with 4 battle stars, and the World War II Victory medal. She was the last U.S. fleet carrier lost in action.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHornet’s commanding officers were Capt. Marc A. Mitscher, from 20 October 1941 to 15 June 1942, and Capt. Charles P. Mason, from 15 June 1942 to 26 October 1942.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eName : Hornet\u003cbr\u003eNamesake: USS Hornet (1805)\u003cbr\u003eOrdered: 30 March 1939\u003cbr\u003eBuilder: Newport News Shipbuilding Company\u003cbr\u003eLaid down: 25 September 1939\u003cbr\u003eLaunched : 14 December 1940\u003cbr\u003eSponsored: by Annie Reid Knox\u003cbr\u003eCommissioned: 20 October 1941\u003cbr\u003eNickname(s): “Fighting Lady”, “Happy Hornet”, and “Horny Maru”\u003cbr\u003eFate: Sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 27 October 1942\u003cbr\u003eStatus: Found near Solomon Islands, late January 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClass and type: Yorktown-class aircraft carrier\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDisplacement:\u003cbr\u003e20,000 long tons (20,000 t) (standard)\u003cbr\u003e25,500 long tons (25,900 t) (full load)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLength: 824 ft 9 in (251.38 m) (overall)\u003cbr\u003eBeam:\u003cbr\u003e83 ft 3 in (25.37 m) (waterline)\u003cbr\u003e114 ft (35 m) (overall)\u003cbr\u003eDraft: 28 ft (8.5 m) full load\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInstalled power:\u003cbr\u003e9 × Babcock \u0026amp; Wilcox boilers\u003cbr\u003e120,000 shp (89,000 kW)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePropulsion : 4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpeed: 32.5 knots (60.2 km\/h; 37.4 mph) (design)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRange: 12,500 nmi (23,200 km; 14,400 mi) at 15 knots (28 km\/h; 17 mph)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComplement: 2,919 officers and enlisted (wartime)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArmament:\u003cbr\u003e8 × single 5 in (127 mm) DP guns\u003cbr\u003e4 × quadruple 1.1 in (28 mm) AA guns\u003cbr\u003e24 × single .50 in (12.7 mm) AA MGs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArmor:\u003cbr\u003eBelt: 2.5–4 in (64–102 mm)\u003cbr\u003eDeck: 4 in (102 mm)\u003cbr\u003eBulkheads: 4 in (102 mm)\u003cbr\u003eConning Tower: 4 in (102 mm)\u003cbr\u003eSteering Gear: 4 in (102 mm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAircraft carried : 72 × aircraft\u003cbr\u003eAviation facilities:\u003cbr\u003e3 × aircraft elevators\u003cbr\u003e3 × aircraft catapults\u003c\/p\u003e"}
