CVS-36 USS Antietam

Namesake. Battle of Antietam, or Battle of Sharpsburg fought 17 Sep 1862 was a battle of the Civil War between Gen. Robert E Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek.
Builder. Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA
Laid down. 15 Mar 1943
Launched. 20 Aug 1944
Commissioned. 28 Jan 1945
Decommissioned. 21 Jun 1949
Recommissioned. 17 Jul 1951
Decommissioned. 8 May 1963
Reclassified:
CVA-36, 1 Oct 1952
CVS-36, 1 Aug 1953
Fate. Scrapped, 28 Feb 1974
Class and type. Essex-class aircraft carrier
Displacement. 27,100 long tons (27,500 t) standard
Length. 888 feet (271 m) overall
Beam. 93 feet (28 m)
Draft. 28 feet 7 inches (8.71 m)
Installed power. 8 × boilers 150,000 shp (110 MW)
Propulsion:
4 × geared steam turbines
4 × shafts
Speed. 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement. 3448 officers and enlisted
Armament:
12 × 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns
32 × Bofors 40 mm guns
46 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
Armor. Belt: 4 in, Hangar deck: 2.5 in, Deck: 1.5 in, Conning tower: 1 in
Aircraft carried. 90–100 aircraft