The bow of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-12) showing damage received in a typhoon on 5 June 1945. The flight deck has been bent downwards over the bow and the plating torn away revealing the control position for the starboard catapult.
Battered by Nature: USS Hornet (CV-12) and the Fury of Typhoon Connie, June 1945 June 1945. In the waning weeks of World War II, the U.S. carrier task forces prowled the Pacific, hammering airfields and convoys as the Allies closed the net around Imperial Japan. Among the legendary warships was USS Hornet (CV-12)—a vessel baptized […]