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| Specifications & Facts
| At time of Commissioning
October 1, 1947
| At time of Decommissioning
April 20, 1990
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| Length overall |
968 feet |
973 feet |
| Length of Flight Deck |
932 feet |
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| Breadth at widest point |
136 feet |
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| Extreme width of Flight Deck |
113 feet |
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| Beam |
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120 feet |
| Depth from centerline Flight Deck, amidships |
84 feet |
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| Standard displacement |
45,000 tons |
67,000 tons |
| Full load displacement displacement |
60,000 tons |
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| Draft |
35 feet |
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| Shaft horsepower |
200,000 |
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| Rated speed in knots - over |
33 knots |
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| Number of aircraft carried |
125 |
66 |
| Number of crew - over |
3,500 |
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| Monthly payroll |
$1,650,000 |
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| Meals served each day - over |
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14,000 |
| Weight of steel hull at launching - tons |
30,000 |
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| Total weight at launching - tons |
42,462 |
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| Weld metal deposited - pounds |
1,100,000 |
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| Miles of firehose |
300 |
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| Miles of welding, assuming all to be 1/4" |
2,000 |
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| Number of pieces of steel used in construction |
216,000 |
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| Number of compartments and spaces - over |
1,750 |
2,500 |
| Number of telephones - approximately |
2,000 |
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| Number of loud speakers - approximately |
600 |
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| Number of electric motors - over |
2,000 |
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| Number of electric lamps - approximately |
11,500 |
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| Miles of piping - approximately |
150 |
150 |
| Miles of tubing in boilers, etc. - approximately |
230 |
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| Miles of electric cable |
242 |
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| Miles of insulated copper conductors |
2,500 |
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| Number of seperate ventilating systems |
22 |
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| Number of electric water coolers |
56 |
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| Number of hull piping systems |
32 |
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| Length of shafting used |
1/4 mile |
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| Number of locomotives power of equivalent to |
140 |
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| Horespower sufficient to supply electricity to city with a population of |
1,000,000 |
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| Fuel oil carried would heat for one year - homes |
3,000 |
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| Evaporators capacity could supply - homes |
1,400 |
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| Number of drawings - over |
5,600 |
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| Main Battery of five-inch guns |
14 |
0 |
| Number of three-inch guns |
24 |
0 |
| Phalanx CIWS |
0 |
3 |
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