CVB/CV42 Coral Sea / Franklin D. Roosevelt (Midway Class)


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Laid down 1st December 1943
Launched 29th April 1945
Completed N/A
Commissioned 27th October 1945
Fate Decommissioned:
1st October 1977
Sold for scrapping:
11th April 1978
Scrapped:
1980
Builders New York Navy Yard, New York
United States
Complement As built:
4120 total
Refitted:
2820 crew
1860 air group
Dimensions
Displacement 51700 tons std
67000 tons max
Dimensions As built:
900' x 113'
Refitted:
976' x 113'
Draught 32'
Armament
Main guns As built:
8 x 5" (8 x 1)
Refitted:
None
Secondary guns As built:
42 x 40mm
Refitted:
20 x 3" (10 x 2)
Refitted:
None
Torpedo tubes None
Other weapons 28 x 20mm
Countermeasures 4 x SRBOC decoy launchers
1 x SLQ25 Nixie towed decoy
Armour N/A
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft As built:
135 various
Refitted:
75 various
Flightdeck As built:
960' 8" x 136'
Refitted:
976' x 257'
Hangar N/A
Catapults N/A
Arrestor system Across deck wires
Aviation fuel N/A
Electronics Fit
Radar SPS49 air search
SPS67 surface search
SPS65 navigation
Sonar None
ECM N/A
Other Mk95 fire control
Machinery
Engines 12 x Foster Wheeler boilers
4 x Westinghouse steam turbines
Power output 212000shp
Speed 32kts
Shafts 4
Range 8000NM @ 25kts
Fuel N/A

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