The new Hornet had a distinguished World War II career that included the invasion of Saipan and the Battle of the Philippine ...

On Oct. 26, 1942, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier the USS Hornet was sunk during pitched fighting in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Strapped to the deck of the carrier was a farming tractor, ...

World War II, true to its name, was fought across many fronts, with battles raging around the world over land, sea, and air. In the Pacific theater, especially, the Japanese and Allied military fought ...

In 1942, German U-boats were decimating British shipping in the North Atlantic. Between January and February of 1942 Germans had sunk over 150,000 tonnes of Allied ship weight without losing a single ...

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor gravely damaged the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet's strength, but fortunately, no American aircraft carriers were sunk in the attack. As a result, when the United States ...

The United Kingdom and Japan—key NATO and Northeast Asia allies of the United States—deployed aircraft carriers for a joint naval operation in the western Pacific.