- Launched: 14 Dec 1940.
- Commisioned: 20 October 1941
- Displacement: 19,800 tons
- Length: 809 Feet 9 inches
- Beam at flight deck: 144 Feet.
- Speed: 33 knots.
- Complement: 1,899 crew
- Armament : 8 five-inch guns, 16 1.1 inch guns.
- It was less than 6 mths after Americas's Pacific battleship fleet was shattered in the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Armed with only 16 tons of bombs, Lt. Colonel Jimmy Doolitle lifted into the wind from the restless deck of USS Hornet and led his force of 16 twin-engine B-25s towards Tokyo.
- Scale 1:700; Superb die-cast & plastic replica; authentic details; comes with special display stand; unopened box; Rare.
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