USS Hornet (CV-8) Wood Display Model Ship

a precise 1/700 scale model of the Hornet (CV-8) in HANDCARVED MAHOGANY WOOD, with handcast resin and photoetched brass parts. This highly collectible full-hull (not waterline) display model ship has an approximate retail value of $800, but we are making it available FACTORY DIRECT for a whole lot less! 15-inch base makes it very handy and easy to display. Amazing details include several handcast 1/700 scale US Navy modern aircraft miniatures such as the F-14 Tomcat and the F-18 Hornet for you to position according to your pleasure.

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From Wikipedia:

The seventh USS Hornet (CV-8) of the United States Navy was a Yorktown class aircraft carrier of World War II, notable for launching the Doolittle Raid, as a participant in the Battle of Midway, and for action in the Solomons before being irreparably damaged in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.

She was launched 14 December 1940 by Newport News Shipbuilding of Newport News, Virginia, sponsored by Annie Reid Knox (wife of Secretary of the Navy Frank M. Knox), and commissioned at Norfolk 20 October 1941, Captain Marc A. Mitscher in command.

During the uneasy period before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hornet trained out of Norfolk. A hint of a future mission occurred 2 February 1942 when Hornet departed Norfolk with two Army Air Force B-25 Mitchell medium bombers on deck. Once at sea, the planes were launched to the surprise and amazement of Hornet's crew. Her men were unaware of the meaning of this experiment, as Hornet returned to Norfolk, prepared to leave for combat, and on 4 March sailed for the West Coast via the Panama Canal