Last update: 22.02.2001
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Commencement Bay
General Info
Fleet / Country: United States Navy / United States In service from: 1944 Complement (officers/enlisted): 1066

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
169,80
Beam overall / wl.:
22,80  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
8,5  /  
Air deck
150,9x24,4
Hangar decks
66,0x21,0
Elevators
2 x 13,4x12,8

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
18900
Full loaded
21739

Armament
Main guns
2x127
Secondary guns
36x40,20x20
Planes
33
Catapults
2: H-II,H-IVc

Engines
Boilers
4
Turbines
1 x Allis-Chalmers
Shafts
2

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
19,0
endurance
0 miles @ kts
Engines load
16000 HP
Fuel
3134 tons
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
6 80000

Armor
(milimetres)
Main Battery turrets
Bairoko,