USS Hornet is an Essex-class aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy during World War II. Completed in late 1943, the ship was assigned to the Fast Carrier Task Force in the Pacific Ocean, t
Hornet in the Pacific Ocean in July 1969
USS Hornet docked in Alameda
Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighter of VF-15 being catapulted from Hornet via the hangar catapult, 25 February 1944
One of Hornet's quadruple 40 mm Bofors mounts firing under remote control, 16 February 1945
Miles Rutherford Browning was an officer in the United States Navy in the Atlantic during World War I and in the Pacific during World War II. An early test pilot in the development of carrier-based Na
Captain Miles Browning
Grave at Arlington National Cemetery