At this time, she was abandoned and sank early the next morning.” International Harvester aircraft tug sitting on the deck. “Later that afternoon, she was attacked again and hit by another torpedo and two bombs. Hornet lost her propulsion capability and was dead in the water.” Within 10 minutes, Hornet was hit by four bombs and two torpedoes, and sustained significant damage from two Val dive bombers that crashed into her.
As detailed by the Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation : “When Hornet and Enterprise were just north of the Santa Cruz Islands, search aircraft from the opposing forces found each other’s main fleet. The ship met its violent fate during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in October 1942 after being struck by a Japanese dive-bombers and torpedo planes. “We had the Hornet on our list of WWII warships that we wanted to locate because of its place in history as a capital carrier that saw many pivotal moments in naval battles,” Robert Kraft, director of subsea operations for Vulcan, said in a statement. “Paul Allen was particularly interested in aircraft carriers so this was a discovery that honors his memory.” Rusted guns of the USS Hornet. The project was funded by Vulcan Inc, a philanthropic firm started by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, which has found and explored dozens of shipwrecks, sunken subs, and lost aircraft.
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