Makigumo was a Yūgumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Cirrus Clouds".
Makigumo on 14 March 1942
USS Hornet (CV-8)
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USS Hornet, the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name, was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier. Commissioned a month before the Pearl Harbor attack, the ship spent three months working up in the waters
Japanese destroyer Makigumo (1941)
…Islands during the early hours of 27 October 1942, Makigumo along with the destroyer Akigumo sank the heavily damaged and abandoned aircraft carrier USS Hornet. US destroyers had attempted to sink Hornet earlier but failed to do so before Japanese naval forces forced the US ships to withdraw. Despite this, the…
USS Hornet (CV-8) shortly after completion
Hornet cruising off Hampton Roads in October 1941
A B-25 taking off from Hornet
Lt. Colonel James Doolittle and Captain Marc Mitscher on board USS Hornet in April 1942