To be fair, the Hornet was the fourth Essex class carrier, so much of the design work was already done by the time the Hornet was launched (just a couple of mon

To be fair, the Hornet was the fourth Essex class carrier, so much of the design work was already done by the time the Hornet was launched (just a couple of months after the Essex and her two "older" sister ships). Commonality of design was what helped build and launch these wartime ships so quickly.