Keel Laid: December 1, 1941
           Launched: January 21, 1943
           Commissioned: April 15, 1943
           Decommissioned: June 27, 1970

           Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA.
           Propulsion system: 8 boilers; 4 Westinghouse geared 
            steam turbines; 150,000 shp
           Length, overall: 890 feet 
           Beam: 101 feet (30.8 meters)
           Draft: 30,8 feet (10.4 meters)
           Displacement: 41,200 tons full load
           Speed: 33 knots
           Planes: 90-100  
           Crew: aprox. 3448; as CVS: 115 offiers and 1500 enlisted
           Armament: 7 5-inch 38 caliber guns; 4 twin 3 inch 50 caliber guns