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Tentang kelas
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Nama: | Essex class |
Pembangun: | *Newport News Shipbuilding
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Operator: | United States Navy |
Didahului oleh: | * aircraft carrier kelas-Yorktown
USS Wasp (CV-7) |
Digantikan oleh: | aircraft carrier kelas-Midway |
Subkelas: | Ticonderoga class |
Biaya: | * US$68–78 million (1942),[1]
~US$1 billion (2011) |
Dibangun: | 1941–1950 |
Bertugas: | 1942–1991 |
Rencana: | 32 |
Selesai: | 24 |
Batal: | 8 |
Aktif: | 0 |
Dipensiunkan: | 24 |
Disimpan: | *USS Yorktown (CV-10)
USS Intrepid (CV-11)
USS Hornet (CV-12)
USS Lexington (CV-16) |
Ciri-ciri umum (all stats as built)
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Jenis |
Aircraft carrier |
Berat benaman |
- Design: 27.100 ton panjang (27.500 t) std, 33.000 ton panjang (34.000 t) full
- Actual: 30.800 ton panjang (31.300 t) std, 36.380 ton panjang (36.960 t) full
- After SCB-125/127A/127C modification up to ~46.380 ton panjang (47.120 t) full
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Panjang |
820 ft (249,9 m) pp
872 ft (265,8 m) oa (short-bow units); 888 ft (270,7 m) oa (long-bow units)
862 ft (262,7 m) (short-bow) flight deck; 844 ft (257,3 m) (long-bow) flight deck |
Lebar |
93 ft (28,3 m) wl; 1.475 ft (449,6 m) max |
Sarat air |
23 ft (7,0 m) std; 275 ft (83,8 m) fl |
Tenaga |
150.000 shp (110.000 kW) |
Pendorong |
Westinghouse geared turbines connected to 4 shafts; 8 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
Kecepatan |
32.7 knots (37 mph 60.6 km/h) |
Jangkauan |
20.000 nmi (37.000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
Awak kapal |
268 officers, 2,363 enlisted |
Sensor dan sistem pemroses |
- 1 × SK air-search radar
- 1 × SC air-search radar
- 2 × SG surface-search radar
- 1 × SM fighter-direction radar (later units)
- 2 × Mk 4 fire-control radar (earlier units)
- 2 × Mk 12 fire-control radar (later units)
- 2 × Mk 22 height-finding radar (later units)
- 10–17 × Mk 51 AA directors
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Senjata |
12 × 5-inch (127 mm) /38 caliber guns (4 × 2 and 4 × 1)
32 to 72 × 40 mm Bofors guns (8 to 18 × 4)
55 to 76 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannon |
Pelindung |
Belt: 2.5-4 in (64–102 mm) on .75 in (19mm) STS
Decks: 2.5 in (64mm) STS hangar deck; 1.5 in (38mm) STS 4th deck |
Pesawat yang diangkut |
90–100 |
Catatan |
Basic class design was repeatedly modified, chiefly by additional AA and radar. Transverse hangar-deck catapult in CV-10, 11, 12, 17, 18 (later removed). CV-9 commissioned with no flight deck catapults; CV-10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20 with one; all others with two. CV-34 completed postwar to much-altered design. |