Anti-Submarine Warfare

Anti-Submarine Warfare

USS Hornet’s final designation in active service was CVS-12, which assigned her as a carrier dedicated to Anti-Submarine Warfare. She was equipped with new equipment and air groups to help her carry out her new role and this exhibition features various types of sonobuoys used during WWII up to the late 1960s-1970s.

The Space Race/Apollo Splashdown

The Space Race/Apollo Splashdown

The Space Race / Apollo Splashdown In Hornet’s hangar bay, see larger artifacts from the Space Race between...
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442nd Nisei Exhibit

442nd Nisei Exhibit

This exhibit was installed by the Friends of the Nisei, a non-profit who worked with the Hornet Museum...
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Women in the Military

Women in the Military

Women served among the United States military as early as the American Revolution as battlefield nurses and water...
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