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USS HORNET
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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1942/08/03 Newport News Shipbuilding Shipwright Keel of hull No 395, named USS KEARSARGE (CV-12) laid by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia.
1943/01/21 USS KEARSARGE, hull No 395, is renamed the USS HORNET (CV- 12)
1943/11/00 USS HORNET is commissioned at Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia
1944/02/00 USS HORNET sails through the Panama Canal.
1969/07/24 Edwin E Aldrin Astronaut President Nixon meets with the Apollo 11 crew. Edwin Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins are inside the Mobile Quarantine Facility aboard the USS Hornet Apollo 11
1969/07/24 Neil Armstrong Astronaut President Nixon meets with the Apollo 11 crew. Edwin Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins are inside the Mobile Quarantine Facility aboard the USS Hornet Apollo 11
1969/07/24 Richard M Nixon President President Nixon meets with the Apollo 11 crew. Edwin Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins are inside the Mobile Quarantine Facility aboard the USS Hornet Apollo 11
1969/07/24 Michael Collins (astronaut) Astronaut President Nixon meets with the Apollo 11 crew. Edwin Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins are inside the Mobile Quarantine Facility aboard the USS Hornet Apollo 11

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Particulars for USS HORNET:
Boat Type Aircraft Carrier
Vehicle Type Boat
Ship class Essex-class aircraft carrier
Owner Federal
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Maritime
Level of Significance National
Boat Type Ship
Area of Significance Space Exploration
Sight Category Vehicle
Historic Use Water-related



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 4th December 1991

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: USS HORNET
Registry Address: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Registry Number: 91002065
Resource Type: Structure
Owner: Federal
Architect: Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Essex
Contributing Structures: 1
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Maritime history, Exploration-settlement
Applicable Criteria: Event
Criteria Consideration: Significance of less than fifty years
Significant Year: 1944, 1945, 1969
Historic Function: Transportation
Historic Sub-Function: Water-related
Current Function: Transportation
Current Sub-Function: Water-related

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