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3.75" |
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28.5" |
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Price: $1499.95
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Our USS Hornet Model Ship is Created for
Collectors, Enthusiasts and Hobbyists
Nothing beats our USS Hornet CV 8 model ship when it comes to
quality materials used and precision of details. Our master
craftsmen use only the finest materials to sand, carve, and paint
meticulously to come up with USS Hornet model
boat resembles the original USS Hornet CV-8 Doolittle Raid. Then
our talented artists diligently paint on all the details, no matter
how big or small. Hand-casted resin and handmade metal parts
complete the CV-8 Hornet model vessel, and clear lacquer provides
long-lasting protection.
Our museum quality USS Hornet CV 8 scale model ship is an
exact replica of the original vessel. The CV-8 Hornet
model ship comes on a handsome display base with brass pedestals and
a brass name plate, and undergoes various stages of quality control
before being put in its protective wood crate. We produce excellent
model ships that will surely fascinate everyone with its quality and
details like the USS Hornet CV 8, accurately built and designed
after the actual USS Hornet.
USS Hornet CV-8 Doolittle Raid History:
The seventh USS Hornet CV 8 was a Yorktown class aircraft carrier
of World War II. The USS Hornet or CV-8 Hornet was launched December
14, 1940 by Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., Newport News,
Virginia, and commissioned at Norfolk on October 20, 1941.
USS Hornet is notable for launching sixteen Army B-25s in the
Doolittle Raid, as a participant in the Battle of Midway, and for
action in the Solomons before being lost to an overwhelming air
attack in the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands. The Doolittle Raid
weighed 19,800 tons and stretched 809 feet 9 inches. She had a speed
of 33 knots and could carry a crew of 1,889.
Planned and led by Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, the
Doolittle Raid was the first air raid by the United States to strike
the Japanese home islands during World War II. It was the only time
in US military history that US Army Air Forces (USAAF) bombers were
launched from a US Navy aircraft carrier on a combat mission.
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