Why is uss hornet haunted

Ten Hornet pilots attained "Ace in a Day" status. Later in its life, the Hornet was given the honor of recovering the Apollo 11 astronauts on their return from the moon. The USS Hornet's flight deck alone is feet long — basically the size of three football fields. The aircraft carrier was built primarily by women think Rosie the Riveter and weighs 41, tons.

It has a full hospital, three barbershops, a tailor shop, a cobbler shop and seven galleys. Sailors have walked into aircraft's spinning props, been sucked into their air intakes, and blown off deck by their exhaust.

Dropped ordnance has exploded, burning and maiming sailors. Snapping flight arrest cables are known to have decapitated at least three men on the USS Hornet. All told, in her 27 years of active service, more than people lost their lives aboard ship. In an old office on the ship, the camera showed heat residue on a lot of the furniture. It t just smells like an old ship. One day, he visited the sick bay, or hospital. There are typewriters, old rotary phones, and vintage medic helmets.

In one room, there are actual x-rays of a skull and a ribcage hanging on the wall. Lots of people have had weird experiences down here. Mike had his in one of the old operating rooms. The USS Hornet is full of stories like this.

People say they see, and hear, and feel strange things on the ship all the time. Docent Bill Fee has a theory. Some of the spirits that are here, died on this ship. And some of the spirits that we have passed away not during war or battle, but just [of] old age. Search Query Show Search.

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