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![]() USS Midway before SCB-110 upgrade
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Class overview | |
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Name | Midway class |
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Preceded by | Essex class |
Succeeded by | Forrestal class |
Subclasses | USS Coral Sea |
Built | 27 October 1943 – 2 April 1946 |
In commission | 10 September 1945 – 11 April 1992 |
Planned | 6 |
Completed | 3 |
Cancelled | 3 |
Retired | 3 |
Preserved | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Aircraft carrier |
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Length |
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Beam |
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Draft | 33 ft (10 m) |
Installed power | 12 Babcock and Wilcox boilers |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Complement | 4,104 |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Armor |
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Aircraft carried | Up to 130 (1940s–50s), 65–70 (1980s) |
Aviation facilities |
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The Midway-class was a class of three United States Navy aircraft carriers. The lead ship, USS Midway, was commissioned in September 1945 and decommissioned in 1992. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt was commissioned in October 1945, and taken out of service in 1977.[2] USS Coral Sea was commissioned in April 1947, and decommissioned in 1990.[3]
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