1/350 Trumpeter U.S. Aircraft Carrier CV-8 Hornet – 05601

The USS Hornet (CB-8), the 1941–1942 version of the USS Hornet, was a 19,800-ton Yorktown-class aircraft carrier constructed at Newport News, Virginia. Commissioned in October 1941, she spent the next four months in the Atlantic preparing for battle. Transferred to the Pacific in March 1942, the Hornet was immediately deployed for the Doolittle raid. On April 18, 1942, she launched 16 U.S.Army B-25 bombers to attack Japan, a strike that caused relatively little damage but had enormous strategic implications. The Hornet was then sent to the South Pacific to reinforce U.S.units following the Battle of Coral Sea, but was recalled to Pearl Harbor in mid-May. She then took part in the Battle of Midway on June 4–6, 1942, during which her aircraft assisted in the sinking of the Japanese cruiser Mikuma. In August 1942, the Hornet returned to the South Pacific to join the fight for Guadalcanal. During much of September and October, she was the only operational U.S.aircraft carrier available to oppose the Japanese in that area. On 26, 1942, during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, her planes attacked and badly damaged the Japanese carrier Shokaku. In return, however, the Hornet received heavy bomb and torpedo damage, necessitating her abandonment. Though accompanying U.S. destroyers attempted to scuttle her, she remained afloat until torpedoed and sunk by Japanese ships early in the morning of October 27.

• Scale    1:350
• Item Type: Static Kit
• Model Brief Length: 720mm, Width: 100mm
• Total parts: 433 pieces
• Photo-etched parts: 2 pieces
• Total Sprues: 16 pieces + Upper hull + Lower hull + Waterline plate + Hangar decks + Flight decks + Display stand
• Paint Schemes: for Tokyo Raid and Midway battle version

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