Last update: 22.02.2001
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Independence
General Info
Fleet / Country: United States Navy / United States In service from: 1943 Complement (officers/enlisted): 1569

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
190,00
Beam overall / wl.:
21,80  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
7,39  /  
Air deck
166x22,2
Hangar decks
78,6x16,7
Elevators
2: 12,8x13,4

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
10800
Full loaded
14750

Armament
Main guns
2x127
Secondary guns
18-22x40,10-40x20
Planes
30-45
Catapults
2: H-IVc

Engines
Boilers
4 x Babcock & Wilcox
Turbines
2 x General Electric
Shafts
4

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
31,0
endurance
8325 miles @ 15 kts
Engines load
106000 HP
Fuel
2600 tons
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
5 50000

Armor
(milimetres)
Side belt
112,5-25,4
Decks
55,8 (hangar deck)
Main Battery turrets
Bataan,