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At the same pier: the Cape Henry is a Cape H Class Roll-on/Roll-off ship.

Visiting the USS Hornet aircraft carrier in Alameda, California.

This ship was constructed from 1940 to 1943 and was launched on Aug. 30, 1943. The originally named USS Kearsarge was one of 24 ships of the Essex class. The Hornet was decommissioned in 1970 and is now a National Historic Landmark as well as a California Historic Landmark and can be visited - you only have to find her in Alameda... (not too many road signs guide you...).

The USS Hornet is famous for being the ship that has recovered the astronauts of Apollo 11 on July 24, 1969 - the astronauts that had landed on the moon for the first time.

On deck and in the hangar a lot of different aircraft and the Mobile Quarantine Facility of the space rescue mission can be examined. Not all aircraft on display were used on that ship.

If you plan to visit the ship you should spend at least 1/2 day, otherwise you will not be able to see everything. The engine room tour alone took us 90 minutes.

This was my second visit. The first one was back in 2006. Photos are available in this album as well.
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  • Taken: Aug 9, 2015
  • Uploaded: Aug 16, 2015
  • Updated: Aug 16, 2015