Save our ships

This last couple of years has seen a tremendous amount of news about Museum Ships, thankfully much of it good as we see many historic icons getting much needed upkeep and repair. Unfortunately, there has been an almost equal amount of sad news about the fates of some and their unfair and unjust loss. Kraken Hobbies has decided to try and give back to these ships who gave so much for us. 10% of any order over $100 will be donated to a Museum Ship of the Month* and 5% of any Kit or Accessory that has a corresponding Museum Ship will be donated to that Museum. It may not be much, but every dollar counts and many of these ships and the brave crews who sailed them fought for us, it's time we fought for them. Feel free to make a donation below without purchase.

*Currently only open to Museums in the United States, international Museums will be added at a later date.

October Ship of the Month

USS Hornet CVS-12 - Almeda, California

The USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum is a museum ship, located on the southernmost pier of the former Naval Air Station Alameda in Alameda, California, US.

The museum is composed of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet, exhibits from the NASA Apollo Moon exploration missions, and several retired aircraft from the Second World War and the transonic and early supersonic jet propulsion period. A number of compartments contain exhibits concerning contemporary carriers that are supported by related associations. The flight deck, hangar deck, and first deck below are open for self-guided tours. Docent-led tours are available into the ship's navigation and flight deck control areas of the island and down into one of the engineering spaces containing two of the four ship's propulsion turbines.

The exhibits are on and in the USS Hornet itself, a retired aircraft carrier that was launched during WW2 and served in many historic battles such as the Liberation of the Philippines and naval battles in the Pacific. After the war she was used to search for submarines and secure airspace, and had a special role in space exploration, being used to recover returning space capsules in the space race. The ship was decommissioned 1970, and held in storage, but in the 1990s was registered as a historic landmark and made into a museum which opened in 1998.

Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation preserves and honors the legacy of USS Hornet, a national historic landmark, and its role in naval aviation, the defense of the United States, the Apollo Program, and exploration of space.

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Save our ships

October Ship of the Month

USS Hornet CVS-12 - Almeda, California

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