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- Code Number:
- MYNV01P06_19.1701
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USS Coral Sea, CV-43, USN, United States Navy, Midway-class aircraft carrier, 10 July 1982
- Ordered: 14/06/1943
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia Laid down: 10/07/1944 Launched: 02/04/1946 Commissioned: 01/10/1947 Decommissioned: 26/04/1990 Struck: 28/04/1990 Fate: Cannibalization, finally scrapped 08/09/2000 Displacement: 45,000 tons Length: 295 meters (968 feet) Beam: 34 meters (113 feet) waterline, 36 meters (141 feet) flight deck Draft: 11 meters (35 feet) Propulsion: Geared steam turbines 212,000 shp Speed: 61 km/h (33 knots) Complement: 4,104 officers and men Armament: 18 5"/54 caliber Mark 16 guns, 84 Bofors 40 mm guns, 68 Oerlikon 20 mm cannon Armor: Belt: 7.6 inch, Deck: 3.5 inch Aircraft carried: Up to 130 (World War II), 45-55 (1980's)
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- Wernher Krutein
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