I live near CV-12 which is now a Museum. I see by some posts there is some confusion. A B-25 may have been on CV-12 but never launched from her which docents at the Museum will let everyone know that fact.
Pearl Harbor the movie trivia:
# The takeoff sequence for Doolittle's Raid was filmed onboard the USS Constellation CV-64 off the coast of San Diego, CA, and the USS Lexington Museum CV-16 in Corpus Christi, TX.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213149/triviaTHE TWO HUNDRED YEAR LEGACY OF HORNET
1775- The first HORNET christened what would become one of the most distinguished names in American naval history with her performance in the Revolutionary War. The first two ships in the new Continental Navy were HORNET and WASP.
1805 - The second HORNET carried Marines to the shores of Tripoli. In a one hour gun battle she silenced the Citadel at Djerna and landed the Marines thus deciding the war with the Barbary Pirates.
1942- The seventh HORNET (CV-8) launched 16 Army B-25s to strike the Japanese home islands in one of the most daring raids in the history of warfare -- the "Doolittle Raid." She went on to fight at the Battle of Midway and was lost to an overwhelming air attack at the Battle of Santa Cruz.
USS HORNET CV-12: THE LEGACY CONTINUES
1943 - The eighth HORNET (CV-12) was commissioned just 16 months after her keel was laid.
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For 16 continuous months she was in action in the forward areas of the Pacific combat zone, sometimes within 40 miles of the Japanese home islands.
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Under air attack 59 times, she was never hit.
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Her aircraft destroyed 1410 Japanese aircraft, only ESSEX exceeded this record.
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Her air groups destroyed or damaged 1,269,710 tons of enemy shipping.
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10 HORNET pilots attained "Ace in a Day" status.
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30 of 42 VF-2 Hellcat pilots were aces.
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72 enemy aircraft shot down in one day.
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255 aircraft shot down in a month.
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Supported nearly every Pacific amphibious landing after March 1944.
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Scored the critical first hits in sinking the super battleship YAMATO.
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In 1945 launched the first strikes against Tokyo since the 1942 Doolittle Raid.
"A HERITAGE OF EXCELLENCE" is the ship's creed:
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Earned 9 battle stars for her service in WWII
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Awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for her WWII operations (only nine carriers so cited).
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Flawlessly recovered the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 astronauts, the first men on the moon; 1969
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USS HORNET (CVS-12) is designated a National Historic Landmark; 1991
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HORNET opens to the public as an aircraft carrier museum in Alameda; 1998California.
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USS HORNET is designated a State Historic Landmark; 1999.
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The F/A-18 strike fighter carries on the name of HORNET in today's NAVY.
http://uss-hornet.orgCV-8:
The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands took place 26 October 1942 without contact between surface ships of the opposing forces. That morning Enterprise planes bombed carrier Zuihō. Planes from Hornet severely damaged carrier Shōkaku, and cruiser Chikuma. Two other cruisers were also attacked by Hornet aircraft. Meanwhile, Hornet was attacked by a coordinated dive bombing and torpedo plane attack. In a 15-minute period, Hornet took three bomb hits from Aichi D3A "Val" dive bombers, another bomb hit followed by the "Val" itself crashing into the deck, two torpedo hits from Nakajima B5N "Kate"s, and one more "Val" crashing into the deck. Later in the day, one more B5N scored a torpedo hit, and "abandon ship" was ordered. Captain Charles P. Mason, the last man on board, climbed over the side, and survivors were soon picked up by destroyers.
U.S. forces then attempted to scuttle the abandoned Hornet, which stubbornly absorbed nine torpedoes and more than 400 rounds of 5 inch from destroyers Mustin (DD-413) and Anderson (DD-411). Mustin and Anderson moved off when Japanese naval forces appeared in the area. Japanese destroyers then finished the Hornet with four 24-inch (610 mm) torpedoes. At 01:35, 27 October 1942, she finally sank off the Santa Cruz Islands. She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 13 January 1943, but her name was revived.
B25 on Deck (50th anniversary)
http://www.b25.net/pages/b25s-carrier.html
