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USS Hornet
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I took this shot today along the side of the USS Hornet, a WWII aircraft carrier that is now docked across the bay from San Francisco (in the background) and is open to the public as an historic landmark.
From the official website:
USS HORNET CV-12: THE LEGACY CONTINUES
1943 - The eighth HORNET (CV-12) was commissioned just 16 months after her keel was laid.
• For 16 continuous months she was in action in the forward areas of the Pacific combat zone, sometimes within 40 miles of the Japanese home islands.
• Under air attack 59 times, she was never hit.
• Her aircraft destroyed 1410 Japanese aircraft, only ESSEX exceeded this record.
• Her air groups destroyed or damaged 1,269,710 tons of enemy shipping.
• 10 HORNET pilots attained "Ace in a Day" status.
• 30 of 42 VF-2 Hellcat pilots were aces.
• 72 enemy aircraft shot down in one day.
• 255 aircraft shot down in a month.
• Supported nearly every Pacific amphibious landing after March 1944.
• Scored the critical first hits in sinking the super battleship YAMATO.
• In 1945 launched the first strikes against Tokyo since the 1942 Doolittle Raid.
"A HERITAGE OF EXCELLENCE" is the ship's creed:
• Earned 9 battle stars for her service in WWII
• Awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for her WWII operations (only nine carriers so cited).
• Flawlessly recovered the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 astronauts, the first men on the moon; 1969
• USS HORNET CV-12 is designated a National Historic Landmark; 1991
• HORNET opens to the public as an aircraft carrier museum in Alameda; 1998California.
• USS HORNET is designated a State Historic Landmark; 1999.
• The F/A-18 strike fighter carries on the name of HORNET in today's NAVY.
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(538) - [2007-08-20 15:02]
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Hello Karen, nice shot. I really like that you have managed not to try and get whole of the hornet in the frame. It gives it an abstract feel. I also like the inclusion of the other ship as it gives a feeling of a convoy. The city in the background is great too.
I wondered what it would look like in B&W so I did a workshop. I hope you don't mind.
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