Essex-short hull
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General Info Fleet / Country: United States Navy / United States
| In service from: 1943
| Complement (officers/enlisted): 3450
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Dimensions (metres)
Lenght overall / waterline: | 265,90 / 251,62 Beam overall / wl.: | 28,40 / Draft overall / wl.: | 8,8 / Air deck | 264x27,4 Hangar decks | 176,8x21,6x5,5 Elevators | 3:2x 14,3x14,3+18,3x18,3 | |||||
Displacement (English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard | 27100 Full loaded | 34800 | |||||
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Armament Main guns | 12x127 L/38 Secondary guns | 68-80x40,70x20 Planes | 108 Catapults | 3:2xH-IVc, 1xH-IVa | |||||
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Engines Boilers | 8 x Babcock & Wilcox Turbines | 4 x Westinghouse Shafts | 4 Rudders | 1 | |||||
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Endurance Top speed (kts) | 33,0 endurance | 14100 miles @ 20 kts Engines load | 150000 HP Fuel | 6300 tons Aircraft gasoline (liters) | 8 75750 | |||||
Armor (milimetres)Side belt | 76,2-50,8 Decks | 25,4(Flight);63,5(Hangar) Main Battery turrets
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