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USS Midway (CV-41)


Conventionally-Powered Aircraft Carrier


United States | 1945



"Commissioned just after World War 2, the USS Midway managed an existence across the entirety of the Cold War, finally being decommissioned in 1992."

Power & Performance
Those special qualities that separate one sea-going vessel design from another. Performance specifications presented assume optimal operating conditions for USS Midway (CV-41).
12 x Boilers with 4 x Westinghouse geared steam turbines driving 4 x shafts.
Propulsion
33.0 kts
38.0 mph
Surface Speed
Structure
The bow-to-stern, port-to-starboard physical qualities of USS Midway (CV-41).
4,100
Personnel
Complement
972.0 ft
296.27 meters
O/A Length
113.0 ft
34.44 meters
Beam
35.0 ft
10.67 meters
Draught
60,000
tons
Displacement
Armament
Available supported armament and special-mission equipment featured in the design of USS Midway (CV-41).
As Built:
18 x 5" /54 Mark 16 guns
84 x 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft cannons
68 x 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns

At End of Career:
2 x 8-cell Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft missile launchers.
2 x 20mm Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) anti-aircraft/cruise missile defense.
Air Arm
Available supported fixed-wing / rotary-wing aircraft featured in the design of USS Midway (CV-41).
65 - 70 modern aircraft of various types including interception, strike, special warfare and helicopters.
Ships-in-Class (3)
Notable series variants as part of the USS Midway (CV-41) family line as relating to the Midway-class group.
USS Midway (CV-41); USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42); USS Coral Sea (CV-43)
Operators
Global operator(s) of the USS Midway (CV-41). Nations are displayed by flag, each linked to their respective national naval warfare listing.
National flag of the United States

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