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 Task Force 58 raid on Japan, USS Hornet launches pre-dawn strikes on Tokyo to resume where HORNET (CV-8) had left off 34 months before. The 40mm Bofors gun firing aboard USS Hornet during the attack on 16 February 1945, as the carrier's planes were raiding Tokyo. Note expended shells and ready-service ammunition at right. Photo by Lt. Comdr. Charles Kerlee, US Navy.