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Title:
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
Keywords:
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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landing, flight deck, Princeton (CV/CVA/CVS-37, LPH-5), Essex-class aircraft carrier, Fantail
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Code Number:
MYNV18P06_13
Title:
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
Keywords:
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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