Second Deck – USS Hornet Museum https://uss-hornet.org The USS Hornet Museum is the Bay Area’s Premiere Ship Museum Thu, 12 Dec 2024 21:32:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://uss-hornet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Hornet_Favicon-150x150.png Second Deck – USS Hornet Museum https://uss-hornet.org 32 32 Asian Americans in the Military https://uss-hornet.org/exhibits/asian-americans-in-the-military/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 14:20:31 +0000 https://uss-hornet.org/exhibits/asian-americans-in-the-military/ Land of promise, life of duty. Asian Americans int he Military. Asian Americans, Native hawaiians and Pacific Islanders have made significant contributions to the US military dating back to the War of 1812. They served their country with great honor and distinction in times of war and peace. AANHPI service members-a community whose ancestry represents over fifty ethnic language groups from the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and the Pacific Islands-have fought courageously to achieve equality at home and freedom overseas.

]]> African-Americans in the Military https://uss-hornet.org/exhibits/african-americans-in-the-military/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 14:20:31 +0000 https://uss-hornet.org/exhibits/african-americans-in-the-military/ Fighting for freedom at home and abroad. African Americans have been part of the United State’s military struggles since before its independence. From enslaved Black soldiers participating in the American Revolution and Civil War to the fight for civil rights in the 1950s and beyond, Black service members have earned valor and distinction in service of their country. This exhibit is a collaboration with the Walking Ghosts of Black History and the USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum.

]]> Bay Area at War https://uss-hornet.org/exhibits/bay-area-at-war/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 14:19:58 +0000 https://uss-hornet.org/exhibits/bay-area-at-war/ How local communities worked, fought, and lived during World War II.. As we live our lives today, it is easy for us to think events and circumstances we experience are unique and difficult. This exhibit shows the struggle and determination of everyday citizens to live their lives and contribute to their community. The people, equipped with tools and a unifying goal, accomplished so much by building ships, defending our coast, and rationing precious resources. However, we must also acknowledge that inequality and injustice were present in the Homefront, such as the Port Chicago Disaster and Japanese Interment through Executive Order 9066.

Special Thanks To The Rosie the Riveter / WWII Home Front Museum and Frederick Klink and the SS Red Oak Victory Historic Ship

]]> SECOND DECK https://uss-hornet.org/exhibits/second-deck/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 14:19:58 +0000 https://uss-hornet.org/exhibits/second-deck/
  • Forward Auxiliary Emergency Generator Room
  • Officer’s Store
  • Fog Foam Station (1 of many)
  • Officers’ Wardroom
  • Wardroom Pantry
  • Evolution of the Aircraft Carrier
  • Officers’ Staterooms
  • Air Group 11 Exhibits
  • Mothballs to Museum Exhibit
  • Anti-Submarine Warfare Exhibit
  • Pilot Ready Room 4
  • Marine Detachment (MARDET)
  • Garbage Disposal Room
  • Bluejacket Family Activity Room
  • Hornet Legacy/Doolittle Raid Exhibit
  • Auxiliary Laundry
  • Medical Spaces & Sick Bay
  • Women in the Military Exhibit
  • African-Americans in the Military Exhibit
  • Crew’s Berthing
  • Crew’s Water Closets & Wash Rooms
  • Chapel/Library
  • Torpedo Magazine and Workshop
  • Essex Class Carriers/Sister Ship Row Exhibit
  • Asian-Americans in the Military Exhibit
  • Chief Petty Officers Mess, Lounge and Pantry
  • Crew’s VS-35 Berthing
  • Ship Repair Locker 3
    • ]]>         Women in the Military https://uss-hornet.org/exhibits/women-in-the-military/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 14:19:58 +0000 https://uss-hornet.org/exhibits/women-in-the-military/ Women served among the United States military as early as the American Revolution as battlefield nurses and water bearers. Our exhibition highlights the women took on roles once were only for men and served in the US Navy as Yeoman. Our exhibition highlights those women who served as WAVES in the US Navy, as SPARS in the Coast Guard, and those who served as US Marines.

    ]]>         Sister Ship Row https://uss-hornet.org/exhibits/sister-ship-row/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 14:19:58 +0000 https://uss-hornet.org/exhibits/sister-ship-row/ Come aboard to hear stories from all twenty-three of Hornet’s sister ships of the Essex-class. Only four of these ship remain today, and all serve the public as museums around the country, but these ships operated between WWII to the 1990s and were an essential part of America’s history during both times of war and peace. Learn about the ships and their crew along with a greater narrative of how Essex-class carriers operated.

    ]]>         Hornet Legacy https://uss-hornet.org/exhibits/hornet-legacy/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 14:19:58 +0000 https://uss-hornet.org/exhibits/hornet-legacy/ This exhibition features artifacts related to the legacy of the USS Hornet name. The first Hornet was one of America’s first two ships, a sailing ship commandeered to fight against the British Navy. The name has been carried down through the U.S. Navy ever since and USS Hornet CV-12 was the eighth and final ship to bear the honor. Travel through history and learn about the exploits of all eight ships from the victory at the shores of Tripoli to the famous Doolittle Raid of WWII!

    ]]>         Air Group 11 https://uss-hornet.org/exhibits/air-group-11/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 14:19:58 +0000 https://uss-hornet.org/exhibits/air-group-11/ An aircraft carrier is, at its heart, a floating airport dedicated to serving the air groups that fly off her. This exhibit spotlights artifacts and photographs from pilots all over the United States who flew as part of Air Group 11, which flew off Hornet from 1944-1945 in the Pacific during WWII.

    ]]>         Evolution of the Aircraft Carrier https://uss-hornet.org/exhibits/evolution-of-the-aircraft-carrier/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 14:19:58 +0000 https://uss-hornet.org/exhibits/evolution-of-the-aircraft-carrier/ The aircraft carrier and carrier aircraft have evolved since the first experiments combining ship and plane. Visit this exhibit to see a large-scale display of USS Pennsylvania and the first aircraft to ever land on the deck of a ship back in 1911. This historical event happened right here in the San Francisco Bay and was the established the foundations of the aircraft carrier type.

    From 1911, the exhibit explores the evolution of the carrier from its earliest beginnings to the onset of WWII.

    ]]>         The Ray Vyeda Memorial Gallery: From Mothballs to Museum https://uss-hornet.org/exhibits/the-ray-vyeda-memorial-gallery-from-mothballs-to-museum/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 14:19:58 +0000 https://uss-hornet.org/exhibits/the-ray-vyeda-memorial-gallery-from-mothballs-to-museum/ To commemorate a dedicated USS Hornet CVA-12 crew member, Raymond Vyeda, and his efforts to save the ship, the Museum explores how the ship went from the mothball fleet after its decommissioning to the museum it is today. This exhibit features the stories and efforts of the many dedicated veterans and volunteers who preserved and restored.

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