USS Indepedence (CVL-22); USS Princeton (CVL-23); USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24); USS Cowpens (CVL-25); USS Monterey (CVL-26); USS Langley (CVL-27); USS Cabot (CVL-28); USS Bataan (CVL-29); USS San Jacinto (CVL-30)
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(OPERATORS list includes past, present, and future operators when applicable)
✓Flag Ship / Capital Ship
Serving in the fleet Flag Ship role or Capital Ship in older warship designs / terminology.
Length
622.5 ft 189.74 m
Beam
71.5 ft 21.79 m
Draught
26.0 ft 7.92 m
Displacement
11,000 tons
Installed Power:
Steam turbines generating 100,000 horsepower to 4 x shafts.
Surface Speed
32.0 kts (36.8 mph)
kts = knots | mph = miles-per-hour | nm = nautical miles | mi = miles | km = kilometers
1 kts = 1.15 mph | 1 nm = 1.15 mi | 1 nm = 1.85 km
28 x 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns
40 x 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns
Supported Types
(Not all weapon types may be represented in the showcase above)
Up 45 aircraft of various types including fighter, bomber and dive bomber; usually 24 x Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters with 9 x Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bombers.
Ribbon graphics not necessarily indicative of actual historical campaign ribbons. Ribbons are clickable to their respective naval campaigns / operations / periods.
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