79 years ago today, on 15 January 1947, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Hornet CV-12 was decommissioned for the first time, and joined the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
USS Hornet - Sea, Air and Space Museum, Alameda, CA
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22 years ago today, on 10 January 2004, Midway-class aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41) arrives at her current location.
USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA
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79 years ago today, on 9 January 1947, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) was decommissioned for the first time, and berthed with the Bremerton Group, in the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
Patriots Point Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC
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22 years ago today, on 5 January 2004, Midway class aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41) was towed into San Diego Bay. She was moored temporarily at Naval Air Station North Island to take-on restored historical aircraft and will soon be home ported across the bay in San Diego, as the center piece for our nation's biggest museum devoted to carriers and naval aviation.
USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA
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50 years ago today, on 3 January 1976, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) museum was opened to the public for the first time.
Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC
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83 years ago today, on 1 December 1941, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Intrepid CV-11 was laid down at Newport News Shipbuilding.
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York, NY
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83 years ago today, on 1 December 1941, Essex-class aircraft carrier Bonhomme Richard was laid down at Newport News Shipbuilding. She was renamed USS Yorktown (CV-10) while still under construction to commemorate the loss of USS Yorktown (CV-5) during the Battle of Midway in June 1942
Museum ship at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC
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82 years ago tpday, on 29 November 1943, Essex-class Aircraft Carrier USS Hornet CV-12 was commissioned for the first time with Capt. Miles R. Browning in command.
USS Hornet - Sea, Air and Space Museum, Alameda, CA
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34 years ago today, on 8 November 1991, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV-16 was decommissioned for a second time and struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
USS Lexington Museum on the Bay, Corpus Christi, TX
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82 years ago today, on 27 October 1943, Midway-class aircraft carrier USS Midway CV-41 was laid down at Newport News Shipbuilding
Museum ship in San Diego, CA
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