Midway Class (3 ships)

April 19th, 2009

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CVB-41 USS Midway

Built by:	CVB-41 Midway: Newport News CVB-42 Franklin D. Roosevelt: New York Naval Yard CVB-43 Coral Sea: Newport News
Gone into service:	CVB-41 Midway: September 10^th 1945 CVB-42 Franklin D. Roosevelt: October 27^th 1945 CVB-43 Coral Sea: October 1^st 1947
Water displacement:	47700 tons (standard)48250 tons (loaded)
Length:	274,5 m. (waterline)295,2 m. (total)
With:	34,5 m.
load water-line:	9,9 m.??? (standard)10,6 m. (loaded)
Number of aircraft:	136
Flight deck:	281,8 x 34,5 m.
Arms:	18 x 127 mm and 84 x 40 mm (21x quadruple) cannons
Engine:	Steam turbines with cog wheel transferring, 12 x boilers and 4 x propellers
Power:	212000 hp.
Speed:	33 knots (61,13 km/h / 37,99 mph)
Max. Fuel stock:	10200 tons
Action radius:	33340 km. at 27,79 km/h / 20720,94 miles at 17,27 mph
Armoring:	193 mm (vertical port-side), 178 mm (vertical starboard-side) 89 mm (flight-deck), 50 mm (Hanger-deck), 44-50 mm (protection-deck)
Crew:	3550