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USS Midway Class CVA's Ship Models
USS Coral Sea , USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
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USS Franklin D. Roosevelt 1/ 540 built by Patrick
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Midway Class Histories
Specifications
Midway Class Aircraft Carriers
| Name | Builder | LD | LCH | COM |
| CV/CVB/CVA.41 Midway | Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport VA | Oct.27/43 | Mar.20/45 | Sep.10/45 |
| designation changed to CVB
before completion launched captured German V-2 rocket (Operation Sandy) Sep.6/46 refit 1947-49 redesignated CVA Oct.1/52 SCB-110 May.15/55-Sep.30/57 angled flight deck/enclosed bow/arresting gear/steam catapults added SCB-101 Feb.15/66-Jan.31/70 longer flight deck/new steam catapults added took part in Operation Frequent Wind Apr.29-30/75 redesignated CV Jun.30/75 overhauled Jan./86 with bulges added took part in Desert Storm DECOM to reserve Apr.11/92 stricken Mar.17/97 located at Bremerton Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility donated as a museum to a group in San Diego,California |
| Name | Builder | LD | LCH | COM |
| CV/CVB.42 Franklin D. Roosevelt ex Coral Sea |
New York Navy Yard | Dec.1/43 | Apr.29/45 | Oct.27/45 |
| designation changed to CVB
before completion refit 1947-49 redesignated CVA Oct.1/52 SCB-110 Apr.23/54-Apr.6/56 angled flight deck/enclosed bow/arresting gear/steam catapults added overhauled Nov./68 redesignated CV Jun.30/75 DECOM/stricken Oct.1/77 sold for scrapping Apr.11/78 scrapped from ./80 |
| Name | Builder | LD | LCH | COM |
| CV/CVB.43 Coral Sea | Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport VA | Jul.10/44 | Apr.2/46 | Oct.1/47 |
| designation changed to CVB
before completion redesignated CVA Oct.1/52 refit 1955-56 SCB-110A Mar.10/57-Jan.26/60 angled flight deck/enclosed bow/arresting gear/steam catapults added redesignated CV Jun.30/75 deactivated Nov./89 DECOM/stricken Apr.30/91 sold Mar.30/93 & partly scrapped remains at Baltimore |
| CV.44 Unnamed | cancelled Jan.11/43 |
| CV.56 Unnamed | cancelled Mar.28/45 |
| CV.57 Unnamed | cancelled Mar.28/45 |
Dimensions
| Length(O/A) | 932'(design) 1006.0'(CV-41)(after added angled deck) 1003' (CV-43)(after added angled deck) 976' (CV-42)(after added angled deck) |
| Length(W/L) | 900.0' |
| Beam | 113' |
| Draft | 32.0' |
| Flight Deck Length | 960.8'(design) 1006.0'(CV-41)(after added angled deck) 1003' (CV-43)(after added angled deck) 976' (CV-42)(after added angled deck) |
| Flight Deck Width | 136'(design) 257.0'(after added angled deck) |
Displacement
| Full Load | 59,000 tons (design) 67,000 tons(CV-41-42) 65,200 tons(CV-43) |
| Standard | 45,000 tons |
Propulsion
| Boilers | 12 Foster-Wheeler 565 psi boilers |
| Turbines | 4 Westinghouse steam turbines |
| Horsepower | 212,000 shp |
| Shafts | 4 |
| Endurance | 8,000 nm @ 15 knts |
| Max Speed | 32 knts |
Protection
| Flight Deck | 3.5" (design) added to in ./47-./48 refit |
| Side Belt | 7.6" (design) |
Armament
| Main Battery | 18 x 5"/54 cal (design) removed during modernizations |
| SAM | 2 x Raytheon 8 cell GMLS Mk 29 launchers
added in Midway & Coral Sea w/Sea Sparrow missiles |
| AAW | 42 x 40 mm guns (design) replaced by 20 x 3"/50 cal in 10 twin mounts ./47-./48 all removed 28 x 20 mm guns (design) removed during modernizations |
| CIWS | 2 x GE/GD 20mm/76 Phalanx 6-barreled
(Mk-15) added to Midway 1980s (1 port 1 starboard) 3 added to Coral Sea (1 port 2 starboard) |
Countermeasures (1986)
| Decoys | 4 x Loral Hycor SRBOC 6-barreled Mk-36 SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy |
Radars (1986)
| Air Search | Raytheon SPS 49(V)5 ITT SPS 48C 3D |
| Surface Search | Raytheon SPS 67 |
| Navigation | Raytheon SPS 65 |
| Fire Control | 4 Mk 95 |
Aircraft
| Helicopters | 6-SH-3G/H Sea King or SH-60F Seahawk |
| Fixed Wing | Approx. 137 WWII vintage planes (design) |
| After Modernization: Approx.65-75 aircraft during last years of service (Coral Sea/Midway) 2 Squadron F-18 Hornets 2 Squadron A-6 Intruders 4 EA-6B Prowlers 4 E-2-C Hawkeyes 4 S-3-A/B Vikings |
Complement
| Usual | 3,583 (design) 4,120 (as completed) |
| After Modernization: 2,828 Navy (CV-41-42) 2,502 Navy (CV-43) 1,860 Air Wing(CV-41-42) 2,220 Air Wing (CV-43) 72 Marines |
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