Essex (short hull) class - CV - Aircraft Carrier IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: 12 Call Sign: NBGC Shipyard: Newport News Shipbuilding Events ---Filter---Laid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedFate: museumDeployment History of USS Hornet CVS-12 1942-aug-03Laid downLaid down as USS Kearsarge 1943-aug-30LaunchedLaunched as USS Hornet, CV-12 (to replace USS Hornet, (CV-8) sunk in Oct 1942). 1943-nov-29CommissionedCommissioned 1953 re-designated CVA-12 1958 re-designated CVS-12 1969-jul-12DeploymentDeployment NS Pearl Harbor Apollo 11 recovery departed NS Pearl Harbor for mid Pacific Line as Primary Recovery Carrier for Apollo 11. 1970-jun-26DecommissionedDecommissioned 1998-oct-17Fate: museumFate: museum USS Hornet Museum at Alameda, CA Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event Specifications Essex (short hull) class 3450crew 265length (m) 45beam (m) 8.50draught (m) 33max speed (knots) 12Naval Gun Mark 12 5/38 inch (127 mm) 40Naval Gun single 40 mm Builder Newport News Shipbuilding,