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A few days ago I visited the USS Hornet, a WWII aircraft carrier that is now open to the public in Alameda, California.
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In 1945 the USS Hornet was home-base for planes making the first strikes against Tokyo since the 1942 Doolittle Raid. Wikipedia has the full history.
Jets didn't come along until later -- Miss June must have been a wild ride.
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Visitors are able to roam through a large part of the bowels of the ship. I think the design of the massive steelwork is rather beautiful.
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Very tight quarters on an aircraft carrier -- it's hard to imagine what it must have been like with 3500 stinky guys on board.
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3 comments:
I love touring these ships and planes. It really helps grasp history better. Like the utensil picture.
Cool. I was hoping to catch the USS Midway in San Diego this fall. I didn't know there was another aircraft carrier museum on the West Coast. Was Miss June a Corsair or a Hellcat?
HI PHOTOWANNABE SUE, AND HI CHRIS:
And Chris, that's the Grumman TBM-3E "Avenger", a torpedo bomber built by General Motors. It has that massive front end similar to the Hellcat.
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