Last update: 22.02.2001
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Yorktown class
General Info
Fleet / Country: United States Navy / United States In service from: 1937 Complement (officers/enlisted): 2900

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
246,70  /   232,10
Beam overall / wl.:
34,75  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
8,8  /  
Air deck
238x24,4
Hangar decks
170x23
Elevators
3: 14,6x13,7

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
19800
Full loaded
27500

Armament
Main guns
8x127/L38 Mk12
Secondary guns
16x28 42-45:8x127/38 Mk12,40x40,23-50-60x20
Planes
103
Catapults
3: 3xH-II, 43:2xH-IVc
Radars
42:CXAM-1(Hornet SC), SC-2,43:SK,SM

Engines
Boilers
9 x Babcock & Wilcox 400 PSI
Turbines
4 x Westinghouse
Shafts
4
Rudders
1

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
32,0
endurance
8220 miles @ 20 kts
Engines load
120000 HP
Fuel
2682 tons
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
7 07360

Armor
(milimetres)
Side belt
102-63,5; 19
Decks
76
Conning tower
102 sides, 51 top
Main Battery turrets
Enterprise,