USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) is an aircraft carrier, formerly of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class. Commissioned 8 days after the end of World War II, Midway was the largest warship in the world until 1955, as well as the first U.S. aircraft carrier too big to transit the Panama Canal. She operated for 47 years, during which time she saw action in the Vietnam War and served as the Persian Gulf flagship in 1991's Operation Desert Storm. Decommissioned in 1992, she is now a museum ship at the USS Midway Museum, in San Diego, California, and is the only remaining inactive U.S. aircraft carrier that is not an Essex-class aircraft carrier. - Wikipedia
Class and type: Midway-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 45,000 tons at commissioning
64,000 tons at decommissioning
Length: 1,001 ft (305 m)
Beam: 121 ft (37 m)
136 ft (41 m), 238 ft (73 m) at flight deck after modernization
Draft: 34.5 ft (10.5 m)
Propulsion: 12 boilers, four Westinghouse geared Steam turbines
Speed: 33 kn (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement: 4,104 officers and men
Armament
As Built:
18 × 5 in (127 mm)/54 caliber guns
21 × quad 40 mm Bofors gun
28 × twin 20 mm Oerlikon cannon
After Refit:
2 8-cell Sea Sparrow launchers,
2 Phalanx CIWS
Armor:
Portside Belt: 7.6 inch
Starboard Belt: 7 inch
Lower Edge and Upper Belt: 1.96 inch
Flight Deck: 3.5 inch
Hangar Deck: 2 inch
Main Deck: 2 inch
Aircraft carried 137 theoretical, 100 (1940s–50s), 70 (Vietnam–retirement)
Number Of Sheets: 2 Sheets
Difficulty: Challenging
Assembled Size: 8.27"L x 2.24"W x 1.38"H (21 x 5.7 x 3.5 cm)
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