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- Code Number:
- MYNV18P06_13
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landing, flight deck, Princeton (CV/CVA/CVS-37, LPH-5), Essex-class aircraft carrier, Fantail
- Namesake: Battle of Princeton, 1777
Operator: United States Navy Builder: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Laid down: 14/09/1943 Launched: 8/07/1945 Commissioned: 18/11/1945 Decommissioned: 30/01/1970 Renamed: PCU Valley Forge to PCU Princeton Reclassified: CVA-37, CVS-37 and LPH-5 Fate: Sold for scrap in 1971 Class and type: Essex-class aircraft carrier Displacement: As built: 27,100 tons standard Length: As built: 271 meters (888 feet) overall Beam: As built: 28 meters (93 feet) waterline Draft: As built: 8.71 meters (28 feet 7 inches) light Propulsion: As designed: 8 boilers, 4 Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 4 shafts, 150,000 shp (110 MW) Speed: 33 knots (61 km/h) Complement: 3448 officers and enlisted Armament: As built: 4 twin 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns 4 single 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns 8 quadruple Bofors 40 mm guns 46 single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons Armor as built: 4 inch (100 mm) belt 2.5 inch (60 mm) hangar deck 1.5 inch (40 mm) protective decks 1.5 inch (40 mm) conning tower Aircraft carried: 90?100 aircraft
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Douglas, A-1 Skyraider, Attack Aircraft, Naval Aviation, Attack, Airplane, Plane, Aviation, Prop, Propeller, Piston, USN, United States Navy, Fixed wing single engine, Aircraft Carrier, Vessel, Ship, Hull, Warship, Flatop, Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force
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