CV-43 USS Coral Sea WESTERN PACIFIC & INDIAN OCEAN CRUISE 1979-1980

Namesake. Coral Sea, The Battle of the Coral Sea, 4-8 May 1942, a major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and naval and air forces of the USA and Australia.
Ordered. 14 Jun 1943
Builder. Newport News Shipbuilding
Laid down. 10 Jul 1944
Launched. 2 Apr 1946
Commissioned. 1 Oct 1947
Reclassified:
CVB-43. 15 Jul 1943
CVA-43. 1 Oct 1952
CV-43. 30 Jun 1975
Decommissioned. 26 Apr 1990
Stricken. 28 Apr 1990
Motto. Older and Bolder
Fate. Scrapped, 8 Sep 2000
Class and type. Midway-class aircraft carrier
Displacement:
45,000 long tons (46,000 t) (standard)
60,000 long tons (61,000 t) (full load) [3]
Length:
899 ft 9 in (274.24 m) wl
967 ft 8 in (294.94 m) oa
Beam:
113 ft (34 m) waterline,
136 feet (41 m) flight deck
Draft. 35 ft (11 m)
Installed power. 12 Babcock and Wilcox boilers 212,000 shp (158,000 kW)
Propulsion:
4 Westinghouse Geared steam turbine sets
4 shafts
Speed. 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range. 15,000 nmi (28,000 km; 17,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement. 4,104 officers and men
Sensors and processing systems:
As Built:
1 x SC-2 Surveillance Radar
2 x SG Surface Search Radars (On top Mark-37 GFCS)
1 x SK-2 Air Search Radars
2 x Mk-37 GFCS
Electronic warfare & decoys. As Built: 1 x TDY-2 ECM (Anti-Radar)
Armament:
As Built: (1949)
14 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 16 guns (14 x 1)
40 × 3"/50 caliber guns (20 x 2)
28 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons (14 x 2)
After SCB-110A Overhaul: (1960's)
6 x 5"/54 caliber Mark 16 guns, (6 x 1) or (3 x 1)
After SCB-101.66 modernization: (1980's) 3 x Phalanx CIWS (1 x 3)
Aircraft carried: Up to 130 (World War II); 65-70 (1980s)
Aviation facilities:
As Built: (1949)
2 x Centreline Elevator, 1 x Deck edge Elevator, 2 x H-41 hydraulic catapults, 3 x Arresting Wires, 6 x Barricades
As Retired:
At least 4 or more Bomb elevators, 2 Hangar Bays, 3 Deck Edges elevators (2 Starboard and 1 Portside)