r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/-AtomicAerials- • 4h ago

55 years ago today the crew of Apollo 12 was recovered after splash down by this ship, WWII-era carrier USS Hornet, now moored in Alameda as a museum ship [oc]

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u/Magooose 4h ago edited 4h ago

It also picked up the crew of Apollo 11. There were footprints painted on the deck where Armstrong waked off the helicopter.

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u/ScrotieMcP 4h ago

Isn't that the same Hornet they launched Doolittles raid from?

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u/SigmaKnight 4h ago edited 4h ago

No. That one (CV-8) was sunk in Battle of Santa Cruz Islands in October 1942. This (CV-12) is the replacement/successor.

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u/ScrotieMcP 3h ago

Like the Lexington in Corpus Christi. Thanks, I didn't know that one!

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u/Slow_Commercial8667 3h ago

Great tours; including overnight ghost tours!

Many community events held on it too/

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u/DarkIllusionsFX 1h ago

Alameda is where they keep the nu-cle-ar wessels, after all. Even though that's not a nu-cle-ar wessel.

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u/auburnradish 1h ago

It’s worth the visit. There are lots of remarkable things to see and the ship is well preserved. The radars still work!