General Characteristics:

Class and type: Midway-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 45,000 tons at commissioning
74,000 tons at decommissioning
Length: 972 ft (296 m)
Beam:

• 113 ft (34.4 m)
• 136 ft (41.5 m)
• 238 ft (72.5 m) at flight deck after modernization

Draft: 34.5 ft (10.5 m)
Speed: 33 knots (60 km/h)
Complement: 4,104 officers and men
Armament:

At commissioning:

• 18 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 16 guns
• 84 × Bofors 40 mm guns
• 68 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons

At decommissioning:

• 2 8-cell Sea Sparrow launchers
• 2 Phalanx CIWS

Aircraft carried: 137 theoretical, 100 (WW2-Korea), 65 (Vietnam-retirement)