You're thinking of the second USS Hornet, CV-12, which was an Essex class aircraft carrier named after this Hornet, CV-8. There were several Essex class carriers named after former carriers that had been sunk; Yorktown CV-10 named after Yorktown CV-5 that was sunk at Midway, Hornet CV-12 named after Hornet CV-8 sunk at Santa Cruz, Lexington CV-16 named after Lexington CV-2 that was sunk at the Battle of the Coral Sea, and Wasp CV-18 named after Wasp CV-7 which sunk by submarine attack. Yorktown CV-10, Hornet CV-12, and Lexington CV-16 are all still around as museums.

You seem to really like US warships, what are some others you'd like to see me build?