Trumpeter 1/700 USS HORNET CV8

1/700 Scale USS Hornet CV8 US Aircraft Carrier Plastic Model Kit from Trumpeter. The HORNET (CV-8) was launched 14 December 1940 by the Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co£¬and commissioned at Norfolk 20 October 1941. 18 April 1942, HORNET lunched B-25 to bomb Japan, Intercepted broadcasts, both in Japanese and English. 6 June 1942, HORNET planes attacked the fleeing Japanese fleet to assist in sinking cruiser Mikuma, damaged a destroyer, and left cruiser Mogami aflame and heavily damaged. HORNET (CV-8) received four battle stars for World War II service.