CVA/CV64 Constellation (Kitty Hawk Class)


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Laid down 14th September 1957
Launched 8th October 1960
Completed N/A
Commissioned 27th October 1961
Fate In service with US Navy
Builders New York Navy Yard, New York
United States
Complement 3000 crew
2500 air group
Dimensions
Displacement 61170 tons std
82580 tons max
Dimensions 1045' x 129' 9"
Draught 35' 6"
Armament
Main guns None
Secondary guns None
Torpedo tubes None
Other weapons As built:
SAM:4 x Terrier (2 x 2)

Refitted:
SAM:
24 x Sea Sparrow (3 x 8)
CIWS:
3 x Vulcan Phalanx (3 x 1)
Countermeasures 4 x SRBOC decoy launchers
1 x SLQ36 Nixie towed decoy
Armour N/A
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft 80 various

F14 Tomcat
F/A18 Hornet
EA6B Prowler
E2C Hawkeye
S3 Viking
Flightdeck 1073' x 252'
Hangar N/A
Catapults N/A
Arrestor system Across deck wires
Aviation fuel N/A
Electronics Fit
Radar SPS49 air search
SPS10F surface search
SPS64 navigation
Sonar None
ECM N/A
Other Mk95 fire control
Machinery
Engines 8 x Foster Wheeler boilers
4 x Westinghouse steam turbines
Power output 280000shp
Speed 30kts+
Shafts 4
Range 12000NM @ 25kts
Fuel N/A

Constellation is expected to be decommissioned in 2003.

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