Last update: 22.02.2001
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Lexington class
General Info
Fleet / Country: United States Navy / United States In service from: 1927 Complement (officers/enlisted): 2951

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
270,70  /   259,25
Beam overall / wl.:
32,00  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
9,75  /  
Air deck
270,7x32,1
Hangar decks
2:2x120x20,7
Elevators
2: 13,7x7,6

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
36000
Full loaded
42500

Armament
Main guns
8x203/55
Secondary guns
12x127/25-16x127/38,12-20x28,48-96x40,12-52x20
Planes
0
Catapults
2xH-IVc
Radars
41:CXAM-1,42/01:SC, 43: SC-2, 45: SK,SM

Engines
Boilers
16xYarrow(Le),White&Forster(Sa)
Turbines
4xGeneral Electric
Shafts
4

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
34,0
endurance
6960 miles @ 20 kts
Engines load
180000 HP
Fuel
9748 tons
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
5 00700

Armor
(milimetres)
Side belt
178-127
Decks
25,4,51,89
Main Battery turrets
Lexington,