Victory at Sea: USS Hornet napoleonic-spanish

Victory at Sea: USS Hornet napoleonic-spanishUSS Hornet was a Yorktown class carrier serving in the Pacific Theatre during World War Two. She launched the Doolittle Raid (the first air operation to strike the Japanese Archipelago) on 18 April 1942. She later participated in the crucial Battle of Midway as well as the Buin Faisi Tonolai Raid. As part of the Solomon Islands campaign, USS Hornet was involved in both the capture and defence of Guadalcanal and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. It

The prolific T-70 would remain in service until 1948

She was particularly ineffective in the light winds of the day due to her vast bulk

but were well armoured and carried the type of armament traditionally seen only on battleships

a fast class of small destroyers

1 paratrooper with BAR

Whilst this did increase the number of crew needed to 5 and the weight to 16 tonnes

who fielded it during the Normandy campaign

the ¾ tonner was less popular in that role than the Jeep because its greater size and weight made it less manoeuvrable in a tight spot

(very small ones mind you

they had only one effective fighter aircraft available to them: the F4F Wildcat

the last resort

With little protection