Midway-class aircraft carrier

USS Midway before SCB-110 upgrade
Class overview
NameMidway class
Builders
Operators United States Navy
Preceded byEssex class
Succeeded byForrestal class
SubclassesUSS Coral Sea
Built27 October 1943 – 2 April 1946
In commission10 September 1945 – 11 April 1992
Planned6
Completed3
Cancelled3
Retired3
Preserved1
General characteristics
TypeAircraft carrier
Displacement
Length
  • 968 ft (295 m) overall
  • 901 ft (275 m) waterline
  • 924 ft (282 m) flight deck
Beam
  • 121 ft (37 m) Waterline
  • 136 ft (41 m) Overall
Draft33 ft (10 m)
Installed power12 Babcock and Wilcox boilers
Propulsion
Speed33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement4,104
Sensors and
processing systems
  • As Built:
  • 1 × SC-2 Surveillance Radar
  • 2 × SG Surface Search Radars (On top Mark-37 GFCS)
  • 1 × SK-2 Air Search Radars
  • 2 × Mk-37 GFCS
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • As Built:
  • 1 × TDY-2 ECM (Anti-Radar)
Armament
Armor
  • Portside Belt: 7.6 inch
  • Starboard Belt: 7 inch
  • Lower Edge and Upper Belt: 1.96 inch
  • Flight Deck: 3.5 inch
  • Hangar Deck: 2 inch
  • Main Deck: 2 inch
Aircraft carriedUp to 130 (1940s–50s), 65–70 (1980s)
Aviation facilities
  • Original Aviation Facilities:
  • 2 Centerline Aircraft Elevators
  • 1 Deck Edge Elevator
  • 2 Aircraft Catapults
  • 2 Hangar Decks
  • 1950s Modernizations:
  • 1 Centerline Aircraft Elevator
  • 2 Deck Edge Elevators
  • 3 Steam Catapults
  • Angled Flight Deck
  • 1970s Modernizations for USS Midway:
  • 3 Deck Edge Aircraft Elevators
  • 2 Steam Catapults
  • Enlarged Angled Flight Deck
Franklin D. Roosevelt under way in 1969

The Midway class was a class of three United States Navy aircraft carriers. The lead ship, USS Midway, was commissioned in September 1945 and decommissioned in 1992. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt was commissioned in October 1945, and taken out of service in 1977.[2] USS Coral Sea was commissioned in April 1947, and decommissioned in 1990.[3]

  1. ^ Dorais, Bob. "UNDERWAY Ships Specifications". www.usscoralsea.net. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  2. ^ Go Navy, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
  3. ^ USS Coral Sea USS CORAL SEA TRIBUTE SITE