US Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Hornet Went 495 Days Without Seeing America with 24 Feet of Her Bow Flight Deck Collapsed

USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Gerald R. Ford have drawn attention for long modern deployments. During World War II, USS Hornet spent 495 calendar days between U.S. West Coast port calls, fighting at the Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and against the battleship Yamato.
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