The eighth "Hornet" (CV-12) was commissioned just 16 months after her keel was laid.
| For 15 continuous months she was in action in the forward areas of the Pacific combat zone, sometimes within 40 miles of the Japenese home islands. |
| Under air attack 59 times, she was never hit. |
| Her aircraft destroyed 1410 Japenese aircraft, the WWII record for aircraft carriers. |
| 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, the Navy record |
| 255 aircraft shot down in a month, the Navy record |
| 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 |
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