April 25, 1942, USS Hornet (CV 8) returns to Pearl Harbor after the Doolittle Raid. She was quickly readied to depart to help in the Battle of Coral Sea but was too late for that battle and instead returned to prepare for the Battle of Midway.
April 25, 1942, USS Hornet (CV 8) returns to Pearl Harbor after the Doolittle Raid. She was quickly readied to depart to help in the Battle of Coral Sea but was too late for that battle and instead returned to prepare for the Battle of Midway.
Station HYPO 
25 April 2023 at 18:36
Thank you, Mario, for this interesting bit of information. I had not known how long it took for HORNET to return to Pearl from about 250 miles east of Japan. This little piece of information is good to know!
Andy McKane
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