[Alas Babylon!]

Interesting story about John McCain’s father earning the DSM.

So what was the name of the carrier that was sunk?

[Dilbert56]

Wasp?

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Interesting story about John McCain’s father earning the DSM.

I believe that is the Senator's grandpa.

So what was the name of the carrier that was sunk?

The Hornet - the ship that took Jimmy Doolittle's B-25's to Japan. (Wasp was lost in September.)

[central_va]

Hornet

[iowamark]

Admiral McCain and his son John S. McCain, Jr., father of Sen. McCain

Admirals Halsey and McCain at the Japanese surrender September 2, 1945. Admiral McCain would die 4 days later.