THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, December 2, 1995 TAG: 9512020624
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A2 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Short : 17 lines
A front-page story last Sunday on the future of aircraft carriers had an error about the carrier Hornet. The carrier in the photo, the Hornet (CV-12), was indeed commissioned in 1943. However, the first air raid on Japan, in April 1942, was made from a previous Hornet (CV-8). That Hornet was commissioned in 1941 and lost at the Battle of Santa Cruz in October 1942. by CNB