Visit: sites.google.com for Paranormal News and Information. The crew explores the USS Hornet, a World War II-era aircraft carrier docked in San Francisco Bay. Visitors report seeing apparitions and bloodstains that mysteriously disappear. USS Hornet is a United States Navy aircraft carrier of the Essex class. Construction started in August 1942; she was originally named USS Kearsarge, but was renamed in honor of the USS Hornet (CV-8), which was lost in October 1942, becoming the eighth ship to bear the name. Hornet was commissioned in November 1943, and after three months of training joined the US forces in the Pacific War. She played a major part in the Pacific battles of World War II, and also took part in Operation Magic Carpet, returning troops back to the US Following World War II, she served in the Korean War, Vietnam War, and also played a part in the Apollo program, recovering astronauts as they returned from the Moon. Hornet was finally decommissioned in 1970. She was eventually designated a National Historic Landmark, and in 1998 she opened to the public as the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, California. Hornet is said to be one of the most haunted warships in the American Navy, with numerous reports of supernatural events occurring onboard. Hornet has been the subject of several television paranormal-related programs including MTV's Fear, and Beyond Investigation Magazine performed an instrumented investigation of large areas of the ship for Scariest Places On ...