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  Ship Caption The USS ''Hornet'' shortly after completion
  Ship Ordered 30 March 1939
  Ship Laid Down 25 September 1939
  Ship Launched 14 December 1940
  Ship Commissioned 20 October 1941
  Ship Fate Sunk 27 October 1942
  Ship Struck 13 January 1943
  Ship Displacement As built:<br>19,900 tons light<br>25,600 tons full load
  Ship Length As built:<br>761 feet (waterline)<br>824 feet 9 inches (overall)
  Ship Beam As built:<br>83 feet 3 inches (waterline)<br>114 feet (overall)
  Ship Draught 28 feet
  Ship Complement 2,919 officers and enlisted (wartime)
  Ship Honours American Defense Service Medal ("A" device) / American Campaign Medal/European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1 star) / Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1 star) / World War II Victory Medal