USS HORNET Legends

The original scoreboard in on display at Pensacola's National Museum of Naval History.

Under heavy attack 59 times and was never hit by a bomb, torpedo or Kamikaze plane.
Ten pilots became "Ace in a day"*
Splashed 67 planes in a day.*
Pilots and gunners splashed the most planes in a week.*
Pilots and gunners splashed 255 planes in a month.*
668 Japanese planes shot down
742 Japanese planes destroyed on the ground
1,269,710 tons of ships sunk or damaged, 73 sunk including 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 10 destroyers, 42 cargo ships, and helped sink the superbattleship YAMATO, 37 probable, and 413 damaged.

Ship:

28,437,630 gallons of fuel oil burned

41,231,435 gallons of fresh water distilled by evaporators

Steamed 155,000 miles

Airgroups:

5,644,800 gallons of aviation fuel burned

4,878,748 rounds of machine gun ammo fired

17,793 bombs dropped

5,842 rockets launched

116 torpedoes launched

18,569 sorties flown

23,000 plus arrested landings

Ships Guns:

7,275 rounds of 5" ammo fired

115,179 rounds of 40mm ammo fired

409,580 rounds of 20mm ammo fired

9 Planes shot down

*=Navy Record