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Owners: United States Navy
Built: Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia, USA
Class: Yorktown
Laid down: 21 May, 1934
Launched: 4 April, 1936
Commissioned: 30 September, 1937
Sank: 7 June, 1942, after being hit by torpedoes from Japanese aircraft at the Battle of Midway. | | | |
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Displacement: 17,962.25 tons
Dimensions: 252.17 m (length), 34.74 m (beam), 8.68 m (draft)
Speed: 34 knots
Machines: 4 ? Parsons geared turbines
Max. Output: 122.36 hp
Propellers: n/a
Rudders: n/a
Boilers: 9 ? Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Condensers: n/a
Fuel: n/a
AC Generators: n/a
Op. Range: 12,500 nautical miles / 15 knots
Armament: 8 ? single 5 in. 38 caliber guns, 4 ? quad 1.1 in. 75 caliber machine guns, 24 ? .50 caliber machine guns
Amour: 2.5-4 in. belt, 60 lb protective decks, 4 in. bulkheads, 4 in. side and 2 in. top round conning tower, 4 in. side over steering gear
Planes: 90
Crew: 2,919 |
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| EK: I like this ship!Its great for these days! |
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