Last update: 22.02.2001
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Casablanca class
General Info
Fleet / Country: United States Navy / United States In service from: 1943 Complement (officers/enlisted): 860

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
156,10
Beam overall / wl.:
19,80  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
6,3  /  
Air deck
144,8x25,9
Hangar decks
78,0x24,4
Elevators
2 x 12,5x10,3

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
7800
Full loaded
11074

Armament
Main guns
1x127
Secondary guns
8-16x40,12-30x20
Planes
28
Catapults
1 x H-IIa
Radars
SC n. SC-2, SK,SK-2, SG

Engines
Boilers
4
Turbines
1 x Skinner Uniflow
Shafts
2
Rudders
1

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
19,0
endurance
10200 miles @ 15 kts
Engines load
9000 HP
Fuel
2232 tons
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
4 50000

Armor
(milimetres)
Main Battery turrets
Admiralty Islands,