[[Kantai Collection]]'s [[personification]] of the [i]Yorktown[/i]-class [[aircraft carrier]] [[uss_hornet_(cv-8)|USS Hornet, hull number CV-8]], the seventh ship in the US Navy bearing the name.
Character design by [[Konishi (koconatu)]], voiced by [[Fairouz Ai]].

h4. Appearance
Hornet is given stereotypical Caucasian characteristics: [[long_hair|Long]] flowing [[blonde hair]], [[grey_eyes|grayish blue eyes]], and a [[large_breasts|well-endowed figure]]. She wears a [[white_shirt|white]] [[dress shirt]] with a [[black necktie]] under a [[black jacket|black]] [[bomber jacket]], a [[black belt|black]] [[belt]], a [[black skirt|black]] [[pencil skirt]], [[black pantyhose]], and [[rudder footwear]]. Her damaged CG reveals that her dress shirt [[sleeveless shirt|does not have sleeves]].  To her right is part of her machinery which includes a bridge tower while on her left, she handles an extremely long [[flight deck]]-shaped [[weapon case]] which houses her rifle aircraft "launcher," a modified [[rifle]] topped with several [[Bofors 40 mm gun|Bofors 40-mm gun]]s.

h4. History
The historical [i]Hornet[/i] launched the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo and participated in the [[Battle of Midway]]. She was also involved in the capture and defense of Guadalcanal and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, where she was irreparably damaged by enemy torpedo and dive bombers. She was later abandoned by her crew in the face of an approaching Japanese surface force and later scuttled on October 27, 1942 by destroyers [i][[akigumo (kancolle)|Akigumo]][/i] and [i][[makigumo (kancolle)|Makigumo]][/i], but not before "the crew of the former decided to sketch the wreck":/posts/1559875 as it was too dark to take pictures. The incident is referenced in shipgirl Hornet's sinking line as well as her 4:00 p.m. hourly where she is willing herself to model for the game's resident "manga artist." She also has a relationship with [[shoukaku (kancolle)|Shoukaku]] for the same reason; they were both heavily damaged in the battle as they traded hits but Hornet fell in the end.

Hornet was the last US carrier to be sunk by enemy fire and her service earned her four service stars. Her name was later transferred to "another aircraft carrier, hull number CV-12":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hornet_(CV-12)], an [i]Essex[/i]-class carrier. Her wreck was located in late January 2019 near the Solomon Islands.

h4. See also:
* [[Hornet (Azur Lane)]] (also includes her sisters [[Yorktown (Azur Lane)|]] and [[Enterprise (Azur Lane)|]])
* [[Hornet (Warship Girls R)]]
* [[Hornet (Pacific)]]
* [[Jimmy Doolittle]]

h4. External links
* "Wikipedia: USS [i]Hornet[/i]":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hornet_(CV-8)]
* "Hornet on KanColle Wikia":[http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/Hornet]
* "Hornet on KanColle Wiki":[http://en.kancollewiki.net/Hornet]
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