This particular USS Hornet is CV-12, and is the successor to the name after CV-8, which took place in the Doolittle Raid in 1942 and the Battle of Midway. CV-8 was sadly sunk at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands later that year. CV-8 is the ship featured in Azur Lane.

Events will take place on August 12 and 13, which is just a few weeks away. The 12th will have an itasha car display, and the 13th will be the actual onboard celebration.

There will be a cosplay show, band performance, raffle, minigames, Azur Lane-themed cakes, a merchandise showcase, and free souvenirs.

The onboard event starts at 10AM (check in at 930AM) and runs through 4PM. The first two thousand attendees will have free admission, and after that, tickets are $5.  Further details should be announced soon enough.  I have at least two friends who will be attending as official cosplayers.  Keep an eye out on Azur Lane 5th Anniversary for more info!

The USS Hornet Museum is located at 707 W Hornet Ave, Pier 3, in Alameda, CA.  For those of you who do not reside in the San Francisco Bay Area, it is across the Bay Bridge.  

As to where else they could hold celebrations at? We've got plenty of ships to go around. On the west coast, we've got the USS Midway (CV-41) in San Diego, which served for almost five decades in the US Navy fleet. On the east coast, I think it'd be fitting to hold an event at the USS New Jersey (BB-62). New Jersey is my shipfu, after all!

Out towards Hawaii, we've got the USS Missouri (BB-63), which was the place of the signings of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender that ended World War II. You've probably noticed that three of the abovementioned ships are sequential. That's not a coincidence; the entirety of the Iowa-class battleships that were on active duty are now preserved as museums. The fourth Iowa-class, the USS Wisconsin (BB-64), is located in Virginia.

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