CVA-64 USS Constellation WESTERN PACIFIC & VIETNAM CRUISE 1971

Namesake. A constellation, an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms a perceived pattern or outline, typically representing an animal, mythological subject, or inanimate object
Awarded. 1 Jul 1956
Builder: Brooklyn Navy Yard, NY
Laid down: 14 Sep 1957
Launched: 8 Oct 1960
Acquired: 1 Oct 1961
Commissioned: 27 Oct 1961
Reclassified, CV-64. 30 Jun 1975
Decommissioned: 6 Aug 2003
Struck: 2 Dec 2003
Fate: Scrapped in 2017
Class and type: Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier
Displacement:
61,981 short tons (56,228 t) light
82,538 short tons (74,877 t) full load
20,557 short tons (18,649 t) dead
Length:
1,088 ft (332 m) overall
990 ft (300 m) waterline
Beam:
282 ft (86 m) extreme
130 ft (40 m) waterline
Draft. 39 ft (12 m)
Propulsion. eight boilers, four steam turbine engines, totaling 280,000 shp (210 MW)
Speed. 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Complement. 3,150 – Air Wing: 2,480
Armament:
2 × Sea Sparrow missile launchers
3 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS guns,
Formerly: Terrier surface-to-air missile systems.
Aircraft carried 72 (approx)