Commissioned in october 1941 , she spent the next four months in the atlantic preparing for battle . transferred to the pacific in march 1942 , the hornet was immediately deployed for the doolittle raid 1940年11月下水, 1941年10月正式服役,珍珠洪事件爆发时, “大黄蜂”号还正在诺福克港外进行训练。