Last update: 22.02.2001
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Sangamon class
General Info
Fleet / Country: United States Navy / United States In service from: 1942 Complement (officers/enlisted): 1080

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
168,50
Beam overall / wl.:
29,90  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
9,3  /  
Air deck
153x225,9
Hangar decks
60,3x21,0
Elevators
2 x 10,4x12,8

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
10500
Full loaded
23875

Armament
Main guns
2x127
Secondary guns
8-24x40,12-27x20
Planes
36
Catapults
1xH-II (od 44:2xH-II)

Engines
Boilers
4xBabcock&Wilcocx
Turbines
1
Shafts
2
Rudders
1

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
19,0
endurance
24000 miles @ 15 kts
Engines load
13500 HP
Fuel
4780 tons
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
4 51980

Armor
(milimetres)
Main Battery turrets
Chenango,