ENTERPRISE CV - 6
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| Type: | CV | |||||||||||||||
| Class: | YORKTOWN - three in class | |||||||||||||||
| Builder: | Newport News | |||||||||||||||
| Commissioned: | May, 1938 | |||||||||||||||
| Displacement: | 19,875 tons | |||||||||||||||
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Dimensions: (in feet and inches) |
824' 9" x 109' 6" x 25' 11-1/2" | |||||||||||||||
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| Machinery: | 4-shaft Parsons turbines, 9 Babcock and Wilcox boilers; 120,000 SHP. Oil: 4,360 tons max. Range: 12,000nm at 15 kts. | |||||||||||||||
| Speed: | 32.5 knots | |||||||||||||||
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| Compliment: | 2,175 |
Sister ships: YORKTOWN, HORNET
Notes: These were the first "modern" carriers built for the United States Navy, and were the forerunners to the ESSEX class. Unlike the preceding RANGER, the YORKTOWN class were built with the experience of having operated both large (LEXINGTON class) and small (LANGLEY) carriers. Under terms of naval treaties of the times, the USN had considered building two large (20,000+ tons) carriers and one small one; the original designs would have allowed for three of the YORKTOWN class to be built. Various schemes were considered for armor, but to keep to the designed weight, protection was designed to defeat 6" gunfire at ranges of 10,000 - 20,000 yards. There were three catapults; two on the flight deck, and one athwartships on the hangar deck.
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