1959 HOME MOVIE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS HORNET CV-12 WESTPAC CRUISE ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE 87144

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This color home movie was shot by an American sailor who served aboard the famed aircraft carrier USS Hornet, CV-12, in the late 1950s. We believe the film likely dates to the Spring of 1959, when the ship joined the 7th Fleet in antisubmarine warfare exercises and traveled to Guam, Japan, Okinawa and the Philippines. In this era, her anti-submarine air group consisted of one squadron with 20 twin-engined Grumman S2F Trackers ASW aircraft, a squadron of HSS-1 Seabat ASW helicopters and a detachment of Douglas AD-5W Skyraider airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft. (A detachment of four McDonnell F2H Banshee fighters was often assigned to protect the other aircraft.) The film provides a unique look at the Hornet this era. Opening: Hawaii. Tourists and seamen in Pearl Harbor watch a hula dance (:00). An aircraft carrier at dock, probably USS Hornet (:43). The submarin