CVA-41 USS Midway WESTERN PACIFIC CRUISE 1958-1959

Namesake. Battle of Midway, major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of WW-II that took place 4-7 Jun 1942
Ordered. 1 Aug 1942
Builder. Newport News Shipbuilding, VA
Laid down. 27 Oct 1943
Launched. 20 Mar 1945
Commissioned. 10 Sep 1945
Reclassified:
CVA-41. 1 Oct 1952
CV-41. 30 Jun 1975
Decommissioned. 11 Apr 1992
In service. 1945
Out of service. 1992
Stricken. 17 Mar 1997
Status. Museum ship at the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, CA
Class and type. Midway-class aircraft carrier
Displacement:
45,000 tons at commissioning
64,000 tons at decommissioning
Length. 1,001 ft (305 m)
Beam:
121 ft (37 m)
136 ft (41 m), 238 ft (73 m) at flight deck after modernization
Draft. 34.5 ft (10.5 m)
Propulsion. 12 boilers, four Westinghouse geared Steam turbines
Speed. 33 kn (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement. 4,104 officers and men
Armament:
As Built:
18 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 16 guns,
84 × Bofors 40 mm guns,
56 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
After Refit:
2 8-cell Sea Sparrow launchers,
2 Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried. 137 theoretical, 100 (1940s–50s), 70 (Vietnam–retirement)