USS United States (CVA-58)

	Artist's rendering of the proposed USS United States handling McDonnell FH-1 Phantom fighters and Lockheed P2V-3C Neptune twin-engine bombers
Class overview
Name	United States class
Builders	Newport News Shipbuilding
Preceded by	Midway class
Succeeded by	Forrestal class
Planned	5
Completed	0
History
United States
Name	United States
Namesake	United States
Ordered	29 July 1948
Builder	Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding
Laid down	18 April 1949
Fate	Cancelled 23 April 1949
General characteristics
Type	Aircraft carrier
Displacement	68,250 ton class; 83,200 tons full;
Length	1,090 feet (332 m) overall, 1,030 feet (314 m) waterline, 1,088 feet (332 m) flight deck
Beam	125 feet (38 m) waterline (molded), 190 feet (58 m) flight deck
Draft	37 feet (11 m)
Propulsion	Eight 1,200 psi (8.3 MPa) Foster Wheeler boilers,; four Westinghouse steam turbines totaling 280,000 hp (209 MW); driving four 20.5 feet (6.2 m) diameter screws;
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement	3,019 officers and crew;; 2,480 air wing officers and crew;
Armament	8 × 5 in (127 mm) / 54 caliber guns in single mounts, 16 × 76 mm / 70 caliber guns in eight twin mounts, 20 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons in ten twin mounts
Aircraft carried	12 to 18 heavy bombers and 54 jet engined fighter aircraft

USS United States (CVA-58) was to be the lead ship of a new design of aircraft carrier. On 29 July 1948, President Harry Truman approved construction of five "supercarriers", for which funds had been provided in the Naval Appropriations Act of 1949. The keel of the first of the five planned postwar carriers was laid down on 18 April 1949 at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding.^[2] The program was canceled in 1949, United States was not completed, and the other four planned carriers were never built.

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d DANFS United States 2016
^ Naval Historical Center 2001
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Pike 2000
^ ^a ^b Polmar 2008, pp. 47, 474

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[DANFS-2] DANFS United States 2016

[NAVY-3] Naval Historical Center 2001

[FAS-4] Pike 2000

[Polmar-5] Polmar 2008, pp. 47, 474

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Class overview
Artist's rendering of the proposed USS United States handling McDonnell FH-1 Phantom fighters and Lockheed P2V-3C Neptune twin-engine bombers
Name	United States class
Builders	Newport News Shipbuilding
Preceded by	Midway class
Succeeded by	Forrestal class
Planned	5
Completed	0
History
United States
Name	United States
Namesake	United States
Ordered	29 July 1948^[1]
Builder	Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding^[2]
Laid down	18 April 1949^[2]
Fate	Cancelled 23 April 1949^[2]
General characteristics
Type	Aircraft carrier
Displacement	68,250 ton class^[3]^[4] 83,200 tons full^[5]
Length	1,090 feet (332 m) overall,^[4] 1,030 feet (314 m) waterline,^[5] 1,088 feet (332 m) flight deck^[1]
Beam	125 feet (38 m) waterline (molded), 190 feet (58 m) flight deck^[4]
Draft	37 feet (11 m)
Propulsion	Eight 1,200 psi (8.3 MPa) Foster Wheeler boilers, four Westinghouse steam turbines totaling 280,000 hp (209 MW) driving four 20.5 feet (6.2 m) diameter screws^[1]
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement	3,019 officers and crew;^[4] 2,480 air wing officers and crew^[4]
Armament	8 × 5 in (127 mm) / 54 caliber guns in single mounts, 16 × 76 mm / 70 caliber guns in eight twin mounts, 20 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons in ten twin mounts^[1]
Aircraft carried	12 to 18 heavy bombers^[1] and 54 jet engined fighter aircraft^[1]