Dan, Check NAVSOURCE. They have a lot of photos of the Hornet's deck taken from the bridge. I only see one thin white stripe on the port side of the deck and it doesn't appear to go the full length of the deck.
https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/08.htm
Did the USS Hornet CV-8 have any flight deck markings for the Battle of Midway. I assume the two white stripes painted to aid the B-25s take-off for the Doolittle Raid had been painted out. The Hornet was only able to spend two days at Pearl Harbor before leaving to participate in the Battle of Midway. Were new deck markings applied in these two days or did the ship's flight deck just retain its Norfolk 250-N Flight Deck Stain with no markings for Midway?
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