DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 53429
USS Hornet (CV-12)
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox and Mrs. Annie Reid Knox, the
ship's sponsor, at Hornet's christening ceremonies, 30
August 1943.
The carrier was built at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock Company shipyard, Newport News, Virginia.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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