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USS HORNET   (CVS-12)

Memorabilia


The United States Ship Hornet First War Cruise 1943–1945

(Contributed by Stephen Callahan)

(Cover)
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First Battle of the Philippine Sea — Manila Bay
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Hull Department
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Scoreboard
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Commanding Officers — Executive Officers
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Air Department
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Ship's Paper
Vol. I, No. 1
Saturday, March 18, 1944

(Contributed by Robert M. Cieri)

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Hornet Tales
Vol. I, No. 3
Saturday, April 22, 1944

(Contributed by Robert M. Cieri)

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Page 3
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Hornet Tales
Vol. I, No. 4
Saturday, May 20, 1944

(Contributed by Michael Lindberg on behalf of his father, G. Willard Lindberg Y2 USNR.
G. Willard Lindberg served on Read Admiral J. J. Clark's staff of Commander Carrier Division Five, which constituted Task Group 58.1 of Task Force 58 under Admiral Mitscher, from March 1944 through June 1945. He also served on the staff of CARDIV5 when it constituted Carrier TF72 supporting the occupation of China and Korea from August through October 1945. He was on board USS Antietam (CV-36) at that time. He then went to Shanghai for his last duty station from November 1945 through early April 1946.)

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Hornet Tales
Vol. I, No. 5
Saturday, August 19, 1944

(Contributed by Robert M. Cieri)

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Page 3
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Confidential Insert (1)
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Confidential Insert (2)
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Hornet Buzz
Wednesday, June 27, 1962

(Contributed by Robert M. Cieri)

Cover
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Page 3
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Page 5
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Page 6
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Page 7
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Page 9
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Page 11
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Back Cover
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Models
(Contributed by Joel Rosen, Motion Models)

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Patches

NS-cv12-pa01
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USS Hornet (CVS-12).
Submitted by Tommy Trampp.

NS-cv12-pa02a
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USS Hornet "Centurion."
Submitted by Tommy Trampp.

NS-cv12-pm01
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Far East Cruise 1969, USS Hornet CVS-12.
Submitted by Gerd Matthes, Germany.

NS-cv12-pm02
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Hornet CVS 12; Final Cruise; May 11, 1995; Naval Air Station; Pier 2, Alameda.
Submitted by Gerd Matthes, Germany.



NS-cv12-pa03
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"National Scout Jamboree 2005."
Submitted by Tommy Trampp.
 


NS-cv12-pa03a
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"Alameda Council - California, Boy Scouts of America, 2005 National Jamboree."
Submitted by Tommy Trampp.



NS-cv12-pa04
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"USS Hornet CV-12"
Submitted by Tommy Trampp.
   
Coins
 
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USS Hornet Plus 3.
Submitted by Tommy Trampp.
 
Zippos

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USS Hornet (CVA-12)
"Zippo, the original Windproof lighter."
Submitted by Antonio Peinado Romero

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Far East Cruise, 1958
(2 January–2 July).
Submitted by Antonio Peinado Romero

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