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Essex-class aircraft carrier

Aircraft carrierUnited StatesRetired
Essex-class aircraft carrier
Photo: PH1 D.L. Lash, U.S. Navy · Public domain · background removed

Key specs

Type
Aircraft carrier
Shipyards
Newport News Shipbuilding, Fore River Shipyard, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Construction began
1941
First commissioned
1942
Last retired
1991
Status
Retired
Ships completed
24
Ships planned
32
Crew
2,631

Aircraft carrier

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Performance

Dimensions and weights
Displacement
36,962 t
Length
265.79 m
Beam
28.35 m
Draught
8.38 m
Performance
Maximum speed
33 kn (61 km/h)
Range
20,000 nmi (37,040 km)
Power
111,855 kW
Armament
Armament
12 × 127 mm72 × 40 mm76 × 20 mm

Operators

United States

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Essex-class aircraft carrier, Wikipedia

Figures from the ship infobox of the English Wikipedia article, for the class as a whole. Armament lists what the ships carried or carry.