{"id":22096,"date":"2019-02-12T22:54:06","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T22:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/02\/12\/sunken-aircraft-carrier-hornet-best-known-for-doolittle-raid-located-miles-below-the-waves\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:16:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:16:52","slug":"sunken-aircraft-carrier-hornet-best-known-for-doolittle-raid-located-miles-below-the-waves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/02\/12\/sunken-aircraft-carrier-hornet-best-known-for-doolittle-raid-located-miles-below-the-waves\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunken aircraft carrier Hornet \u2014 best known for Doolittle Raid \u2014 located miles below the waves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The research vessel Petrel crew members are no strangers to historic underwater archaeological discoveries, having located sunken World War II aircraft carriers, destroyers and cruisers scattered across the floor of the vast Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally championed by deceased Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen \u2014 a philanthropist who also owned the Seattle Seahawks \u2014 the Petrel crew found a new wreck about 3.3 miles below the South Pacific\u2019s surface, the Yorktown-class flattop Hornet (CV-8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finding the carrier famous for launching the harrowing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/browse-by-topic\/wars-conflicts-and-operations\/world-war-ii\/1942\/halsey-doolittle-raid.html\" target=_blank>April 18, 1942, Doolittle bombing raid on Tokyo<\/a> \u2014 the first American air raid on the Japanese homeland since entering the war \u2015 was the Petrel\u2019s first mission of 2019, one that was documented and can be viewed as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/uss-hornet-petrel-vessel-search-aircraft-carrier-world-war-ii-ships\/\" target=_blank>two-part series on CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe had the Hornet on our list of WWII warships that we wanted to locate because of its place in history as a capitol carrier that saw many pivotal moments in naval battles,\u201d Robert Kraft, Vulcan\u2019s director of subsea operations, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paulallen.com\/the-hunt-for-the-uss-hornet\/\" target=_blank>press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPaul Allen was particularly interested in aircraft carriers so this was a discovery that honors his memory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Allen, who passed away on Oct. 15 in Seattle, helped blaze a trail for the crew\u2019s previous finds, which included the Juneau, the Atlanta-class light cruiser famous for carrying all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/62084-uss-juneau-shipwreck-sullivan-brothers.html\" target=\"_blank\">five Sullivan brothers<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/off-duty\/military-culture\/2019\/01\/09\/uss-indianapolis-survivors-recount-harrowing-battle-for-survival-in-new-documentary\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Indianapolis<\/a>, the sunken Portland-class heavy cruiser that remains the Navy\u2019s single greatest loss at sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/19\/sunken-ship-of-sullivan-brothers-lore-discovered-nearly-3-miles-beneath-the-surface\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CL-52-Prop-768x432.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Sunken ship of legendary Sullivan brothers discovered nearly 3 miles beneath the surface<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A total of 687 men from the Atlanta-class light cruiser died in the attack, including all five Sullivan brothers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Months after launching the Doolittle Raid and subsequently joining in a decisive naval victory at Midway, the Hornet sailed toward the hotly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/content\/history\/nhhc\/browse-by-topic\/wars-conflicts-and-operations\/world-war-ii\/1942\/guadalcanal.html\" target=_blank>contested Solomon Islands <\/a>\u2014 notably Guadalcanal \u2014 to provide air cover for U.S. ground forces mired in a seesaw campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learning that a large force of Imperial Japanese Navy ships were approaching, the Hornet and the aircraft carrier Enterprise maneuvered to attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Oct. 26, 1942, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/browse-by-topic\/wars-conflicts-and-operations\/world-war-ii\/1942\/guadalcanal\/battle-of-santa-cruz-islands.html\" target=_blank>Battle of Santa Cruz Island<\/a> began. Aircraft from both navies pounded opposing ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hornet came under a coordinated attack by Japanese dive bombers and torpedo planes. Within 10 minutes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/content\/dam\/nhhc\/browse-by-topic\/War%20and%20Conflict\/WWII\/Cape%20Esperance%20and%20Santa%20Cruz_FINAL.pdf\" target=_blank>the carrier was dead in the water<\/a>, all power and communications disrupted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An 18-year-old gunner on board the Hornet, Richard Nowatzski, looked on frantically as his flattop was struck by three bombs and two torpedoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe two torpedoes that came in \u2026 it took that Hornet and shook it just like a dog with a bone,&#8221; Nowatzski, now 95, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/uss-hornet-wreckage-world-war-two-warship-discovered\/?fbclid=IwAR1Xo1djDqTFeF5Cga0OkFcaOBBrMkaAywQpr3eb8W7EYOYphdOXZRq-VW4\" target=_blank>CBS News<\/a>. \u201cThey used armor piercing bombs, now when they come down, you hear &#8217;em going through the decks \u2026 plink, plink, plink, plink \u2026 and then when they explode the whole ship shakes. &#8230; We stopped dead in the water.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two bombers damaged by anti-aircraft fire then slammed into the flattop, one into the carrier\u2019s island and the other into its port side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1188\" height=\"635\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/80-G-33947.jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/80-G-33947.jpeg.jpg 1188w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/80-G-33947.jpeg.jpg?resize=300,160 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/80-G-33947.jpeg.jpg?resize=768,411 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/80-G-33947.jpeg.jpg?resize=1024,547 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1188px) 100vw, 1188px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A smoke trail can be seen from a Japanese &#8220;Val,&#8221; a type 99 shipboard bomber that struck the USS Hornet&#8217;s tower after being damaged by anti-aircraft fire hours before the ship sunk. (Naval History and Heritage Command)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still afloat, the Hornet was being towed by the heavy cruiser Northampton until another wave of Japanese planes approached, one of which put a torpedo into the Hornet\u2019s starboard side, causing a 14-degree list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over a 35-minute span, 11 more Japanese bombers flying in two waves attacked the Hornet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thirty-two minutes after the last bomb detonated on the carrier\u2019s flight deck, Capt. Charles P. Mason gave the \u201cabandon ship\u201d order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then four more dive bombers swooped down, scoring a hit on Hornet\u2019s forward hangar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the flattop still didn\u2019t sink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two American warships fired 16 torpedoes to scuttle the carrier. It continued to float.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As enemy forces neared, they set Hornet ablaze with shell fire and hightailed it to the southeast to outrun Japanese scout planes dropping flares to signal the American retreat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two Japanese destroyers fired four more torpedoes at the Hornet on Oct. 27 and the carrier finally slipped under the surface, ferrying the bodies of 140 American sailors with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly 77 years after the Hornet nuzzled into a watery grave, CBS shared the R\/V Petrel\u2019s crystal clear video with Nowatzki, who quickly noticed the gun he worked on those many years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI used to stand on the right side of that gun,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s where my equipment was.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With vivid imagery bringing on a flood of memories, the old sailor then cracked a smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you go down to my locker, there\u2019s 40 bucks in it. You can have it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>More photos from the R\/V Petrel crew\u2019s discovery of the Hornet can be seen below.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3844\" height=\"1080\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hornet-4.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hornet-4.jpg.jpg 3844w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hornet-4.jpg.jpg?resize=300,84 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hornet-4.jpg.jpg?resize=768,216 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hornet-4.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,288 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hornet-4.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,432 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hornet-4.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,575 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3844px) 100vw, 3844px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Hornet&#8217;s weaponry, visible now over three miles beneath the surface. (R\/V Petrel)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3836\" height=\"1080\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hornet-1.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hornet-1.jpg.jpg 3836w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hornet-1.jpg.jpg?resize=300,84 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hornet-1.jpg.jpg?resize=768,216 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hornet-1.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,288 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hornet-1.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,432 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hornet-1.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,577 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3836px) 100vw, 3836px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Images from the R\/V Petrel of the USS Hornet. (R\/V Petrel)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Damage-on-hull-768x432.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Damage-on-hull-768x432.jpg.jpg 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Damage-on-hull-768x432.jpg.jpg?resize=300,169 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Damage to the Hornet&#8217;s hull clearly visible. (R\/V Petrel)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Petrel-Online-Room-768x512.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Petrel-Online-Room-768x512.jpg.jpg 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Petrel-Online-Room-768x512.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An R\/V Petrel crew member operates the underwater drone while exploring the Hornet. 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