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MIDWAY CLASS (3 ships)
CORAL SEA (Aprl 2, 1946)
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (ex- Coral Sea, April 29, 1945)
MIDWAY (March 20, 1945)
Displacement: 45,000 tons (55,000 full load)
Complement: 4,085
Length: 968 ft (o.a)
Beam: 113 ft, 136 ft (max.)
Draught: 32 ft 9 in
Aircraft: 137
Guns:
18 - 5 inch, 54 cal.
84 - 40 mm AA quadrupled
82 - 20 mm AA
Armour: side, deck
Machinery: Geared turbines.4 shafts. S.H.P.: 200,000 = 33 kts.Boilers: 12.

Note: Three more ships of this class (CVB 44, 56, 57) were projected, but cancelled in 1945. Are the most extensively welded ships in U.S.Navy. Officially stated that they are protected by heavy armour, intricate watertight compartments and an improved system of damage control.Armoured flight deck is 932x113 feet, covered with non-skid surface material. Cost $90,000,000 each.


Name and No.

 Builder

 Machinery

 Laid down

 Completed
Coral Sea ( CVB 43)
F.D.Roosevelt (CVB 42)
Midway (CVB 41)		 Newport News Co.
New York Navy Yd.
Newport News Co.

Builders 

1944
1/12/43
10/43


27/10/45
11/9/45


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