Last update: 22.02.2001
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Wasp class
General Info
Fleet / Country: United States Navy / United States In service from: 1940 Complement (officers/enlisted): 2170

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
226,20  /   209,85
Beam overall / wl.:
24,60  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
7,0  /  
Air deck
224x24,4
Hangar decks
152,0x23,0
Elevators
2:2 x 14,6x13,7

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
14700
Full loaded
20500

Armament
Main guns
8x127/38
Secondary guns
16x28,24x12,7 42/06: + 32x20
Planes
72
Catapults
4xH-II
Radars
CXAM-1

Engines
Boilers
6 x Yarrow
Turbines
2 x Parsons
Shafts
2
Rudders
1

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
28,0
endurance
8000 miles @ 20 kts
Engines load
71302 HP
Fuel
4353 tons
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
4 14430

Armor
(milimetres)
Side belt
33,02
Decks
25,4(Flight)
Main Battery turrets
Wasp,