Lexicon of Aircraft Carriers

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Hiryū

Class and type: Modified Sōryū-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 20,165 tons (full load),
17,300 tons (standard)
Length: 222.0 m (728 ft 5 in, waterline)
216.9 m (711 ft 7 in, flight deck)
Beam: 22.3 m (73 ft 2 in)
Draught: 7.74 m (25 ft 5 in)
Propulsion: Geared steam turbines,
113 MW (153,000 hp),
4 screws
Speed: 63.9 km/h (34.5 knots)
Range: 7,670 nm at 18 knots
Complement: 1,103 + 23 officers for Carrier Division 2 headquarters
Armament: 12 × 127 mm (5 in) guns
31 × 25 mm anti-aircraft guns
Aircraft carried: 57(+16)
18 Zeros, 18 Vals, 18 Kates (Dec. 1941)

 

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USS Hornet (CV-8)

Class and type: Yorktown-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: As built:20,000 long tons (20,000 t) Standard (Design),26,507 long tons (26,932 t) full load, 29,114 long tons (29,581 t) maximum
Length:
As built:770 ft (230 m) (waterline at design draft), 824 ft 9 in (251.4 m) (overall)
From 2/42:827 ft 5 in (252.2 m) overall length
Beam: As built:83 ft 3 in (25.4 m) (waterline), 114 ft (35 m) (overall)
Draft: 24 ft 4 in (7.4 m) design, 28 ft (8.5 m) full load
Propulsion:
9 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
4 × Parsons geared turbines
120,000 shp (89 MW)
4 × screws
Speed: 32.5 knots design (33.84 knots-builder's trials)
Range: 12,500 nautical miles (23,200 km) at 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Complement: 2,919 officers and enlisted (wartime)
Armament:
As built:
8 × single 5 in/38 cal guns
4 × quad 1.1 in/75 cal guns
24 × .50 caliber machine guns
From February 1942:
8 × 5 in/38 cal
4 × Quad 1.1 in/75 cal
30 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons
From July 1942:
8 × 5 in/38 cal
5 × Quad 1.1 in/75 cal
32 × 20 mm Oerlikons
Armor:
As built:*2.5–4 in (6.3–10 cm) belt
60 lb protective decks
4 in (10 cm) bulkheads
4 in (10 cm) side
2 in (5.1 cm) top around conning tower
4 in (10 cm) side over steering gear
Aircraft carried:
As built:*90 aircraft
3 × elevators
2 × flight deck hydraulic catapults
1 × hangar deck hydraulic catapults

 

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USS Hornet (CV/CVA/CVS-12)

Class and type: Essex-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: As built:
27,100 tons standard
36,380 tons full load
Length: As built:
820 feet (250 m) waterline
872 feet (266 m) overall
Beam: As built:
93 feet (28 m) waterline
147 feet 6 inches (45 m) overall
Draught: As built:
28 feet 5 inches (8.7 m) light
34 feet 2 inches (10.4 m) full load
Propulsion: As designed:
8 × boilers 565 psi (3,900 kPa) 850 °F (450 °C)
4 × Westinghouse geared steam turbines
4 × shafts
150,000 shp (110 MW)
Speed: 33 knots (61 km/h)
Range: 20,000 nautical miles (37,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement: As built:
2,600 officers and enlisted
Armament: As built:
4 × twin 5 inch (127 mm) 38 caliber guns
4 × single 5 inch (127 mm) 38 caliber guns
8 × quadruple 40 mm 56 caliber guns
46 × single 20 mm 78 caliber guns
Armour: As built:
2.5 to 4 inch (60 to 100 mm) belt
1.5 inch (40 mm) hangar and protectice decks
4 inch (100 mm) bulkheads
1.5 inch (40 mm) STS top and sides of pilot house
2.5 inch (60 mm) top of steering gear
Aircraft carried: As built:
90–100 aircraft
1 × deck-edge elevator
2 × centerline elevators

 

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Hōshō

Displacement: 7,470 t standard;
9,330 t trial;
10,000 t full load
Length: 165.0 m LOA
Beam: 18.0 m
Draft: 6.2 m
Propulsion: 2-shaft geared turbine, 12 boilers, 30,000 hp (22 MW)
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
Capacity: Fuel oil 2,695 t, coal 940 t
Complement: 550
Armament: 4 × 140 mm / 50 caliber guns(1 × 4)
2 × 80 mm / 40 caliber AA guns(1 × 2)
2 machine guns
Aircraft carried: 26

 

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HMS Illustrious (87)

Class and type: Illustrious class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 23,000 tons (standard),
28,661 tons (loaded)
Length: 743.75 ft (226.70 m)
Beam: 95 ft (29 m)
Draught: 28 ft (8.5 m) full load
Propulsion: 6 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
3 Parsons geared turbines producing 110,000 shp (82 MW) driving three shafts
Speed: 30.5 knots (56 km/h)
Range: 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement: war-1,900
peace-1,300
Armament: (1940) as laid down
16 × QF 4.5 inch naval gun (8 × 2)
48 x QF 2 pounder naval gun (6 × 8)
(1945) post upgrades
16 × QF 4.5 inch naval gun (8 × 2)
40 x QF 2 pounder naval gun (5 × 8)
3 x Bofors 40 mm gun (3 x 1)
38 x Oerlikon 20 mm cannon (19 x 2), (14 x 1)
Aircraft carried: 1940: 15 Fulmar and 18 Swordfish
1945: 36 Corsair and 21 Avenger
1947: vampire

 

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HMS Illustrious (R06)

Displacement: 22, 000 tons
Length: 686 ft (209 m)
Beam: 118 ft (36 m)
Draught: 25 ft (7.6 m)
Propulsion: 4 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines providing 97, 000 hp (75 MW)
8 Paxman Valenta diesel generators.
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h), 18 knots (33 km/h) cruising
Range: 5, 000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9, 300 km at 33 km/h)
Complement: 685 crew
366 Fleet Air Arm
Armament: 3 × Goalkeeper CIWS
2 × GAM-B01 20 mm close-range guns
Aircraft carried: Harrier GR.7/9 fighter/bombers; Sea King ASaC, Merlin HM Mk.1 helicopters

 

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HMS Implacable (R86)

Class and type: Implacable class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 23,825 tons standard
32,624 tons full load
Length: 766.5 ft (233.6 m)
Beam: 95.75 ft (29.18 m)
Draught: 29 ft (8.8 m)
Propulsion: Steam Turbines (8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 4 shafts, Parsons geared turbines), 148,000 shp.
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
Range: 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement: 1,400 (including air group)
Armament: 8 × twin QF 4.5 inch naval guns
48 × twin QF 2 pounder naval guns
27 × Oerlikon 20 mm guns
Aircraft carried: 54

 

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HMS Indefatigable (R10)

Class and type: Implacable class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 23,825 tons standard
32,624 tons full load
Length: 766.5 ft (233.6 m)
Beam: 95.75 ft (29.18 m)
Draught: 29 ft (8.8 m)
Propulsion: Steam Turbines (8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 4 shafts, Parsons geared turbines), 148,000 shp.
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
Range: 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement: 1,400 (including air group)
Armament: 8 × twin QF 4.5 inch naval guns
42 × QF 2 pounder naval guns
40 × Oerlikon 20 mm guns
Aircraft carried: 54

 

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USS Independence (CVL-22)

Class and type: Independence class light carrier
Displacement: 10,662 tons standard,
14,751 tons loaded
Length: 623 ft (190 m)
Beam: 71.5 ft (21.8 m) (waterline)
109.2 ft (33.3 m) (extreme)
Draught: 24.3 ft (7.4 m)
Draft: 26 ft (7.9 m)
Propulsion: General Electric turbines, 4 shafts, 4 boilers; 100,000 shp
Speed: 31 knots (57 km/h)
Range: 13,000 nautical miles (24,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement: 1,569 officers and men (inc. air group)
Armament: 26 × Bofors 40 mm guns
Aircraft carried: Up to 30;
9 bombers
9 torpedo-bombers
12 fighters

 

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USS Independence (CV-62)

Class and type: Forrestal-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 60,000 tons standard
80,643 tons loaded
Length: 1,046 ft (319 m)
Beam: 130 ft (40 m) , 249.5 ft (76 m) (extreme)
Draft: 37 ft (11 m)
Propulsion: 4 Westinghouse geared turbines, four shafts, 280,000 shp
8 Babcock and Wilcox boilers
Speed: 33 knots (63 km/h)
Range: 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement: 3,950 (as built)
5,287 (after refit)
Sensors and
processing systems: AN/SPS-48 3D air search radar
AN/SPS-48 2D air search radar
AN/SPS-10 surface search radar
Electronic warfare
and decoys: Mark 36 SRBOC
Armament: 8x 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 guns (127 mm) (removed)
NATO Sea Sparrow
Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried: 70-90
Typical air group in the early 1980s:
25 F4J Phantom,
24 A-7E Corsair II,
10 A-6E Intruder,
4 KA-6D Intruder (tanker),
4 E-2C Hawkeye,
4 EA-6B Prowler,
10 S-3A Viking,
6 SH-3H Sea King

 

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HMS Warrior (R31)

Class and type: Colossus class
Displacement: 18,300 tons (later 18,400 tons)
Length: 695 feet (212 m)
Beam: 80 feet (24 m)
Draught: 23 feet (7.0 m)
Propulsion: Four boiler, twin screw steam turbine. 40,000 Horsepower (30 MW)
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
Range: 12,000 nautical miles at 14 knots
Complement: 1,075 to 1,300
Armament: 6 × quad QF 2 pounder naval guns AA
32 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon
Aircraft carried: 48 - F9F Panther and F9F Cougar, F4U Corsair, SNJ-5Cs Texan, Grumman S2F-1 (S-2A) Trackers, de Havilland Vampire

 

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USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)

Class and type: Essex-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: As built:
27,100 tons standard
36,380 tons full load
Length: As built:
820 feet (250 m) waterline
872 feet (266 m) overall
Beam: As built:
93 feet (28 m) waterline
147 feet 6 inches (45 m) overall
Draught: As built:
28 feet 5 inches (8.7 m) light
34 feet 2 inches (10.4 m) full load
Propulsion: As designed:
8 × boilers 565 psi (3,900 kPa) 850 °F (450 °C)
4 × Westinghouse geared steam turbines
4 × shafts
150,000 shp (110 MW)
Speed: 33 knots (61 km/h)
Range: 20,000 nautical miles (37,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement: As built:
2,600 officers and enlisted
Armament: As built:
4 × twin 5 inch (127 mm) 38 caliber guns
4 × single 5 inch (127 mm) 38 caliber guns
8 × quadruple 40 mm 56 caliber guns
46 × single 20 mm 78 caliber guns
Armour: As built:
2.5 to 4 inch (60 to 100 mm) belt
1.5 inch (40 mm) hangar and protectice decks
4 inch (100 mm) bulkheads
1.5 inch (40 mm) STS top and sides of pilot house
2.5 inch (60 mm) top of steering gear
Aircraft carried: As built:
90–100 aircraft
1 × deck-edge elevator
2 × centerline elevators

 

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HMS Invincible (R05)

Class and type: Invincible class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 16,970 tons standard,
20,710 tons loaded
Length: 689 ft (210 m)
Beam: 118.1 ft (36.0 m)
Draught: 28.9 ft (8.8 m)
Propulsion: 4 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines providing 97,000 hp (75 MW)
8 Paxman Valenta diesel generators.
Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h), 18 knots (33 km/h) cruising
Range: 7,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (13,000 km at 33 km/h)
Complement: 1,051 (total);
726 Ship's company
384 Air Group personnel
Armament: 3 × Goalkeeper CIWS
2 × GAM-B01 20 mm close-range guns
Aircraft carried: Sea Harrier fighter/bomber "jump jets", Sea King helicopters, Merlin and Lynx helicopters.

 

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Joffre

Displacement: 20,000 tons (normal)
Length: 236 m (228m between perpendiculars)
Beam: 24.5 m (waterline), 35m (overall)
Draught: 6.5 m
Propulsion: Steam turbines; 8 boilers driving 2 shafts; 125,000 shp
Speed: 33 knots
Range: 7000 nm at 20kts, 3000 nm at 33kts
Complement: 1,251
Armament: 8 × 130 mm DP guns
8 × 37 mm AA guns
24 × 13.2 mm AA guns
Armour: 100 mm belt
40 to 70 inch deck
Aircraft carried: 40

 

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USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)

Class and type: Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: Approximately 101,000 long tons (103,000 t) full load
Length: Overall: 1,092 feet (332.8 m)
Waterline: 1,040 feet (317.0 m)
Beam: Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m)
Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m)
Draught: Maximum navigational: 37 ft (11.3 m)
Limit: 41 ft (12.5 m)
Propulsion: 2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors
4 × steam turbines
4 × shafts
260,000 shp (194 MW)
Speed: 30+ knots (56+ km/h; 35+ mph)
Range: Essentially unlimited
Capacity: 6500 officers and crew (with embarked airwing)
Complement: Ship's company: 3,200
Air wing: 2,480
Sensors and
processing systems: AN/SPS-48E 3-D air search radar
AN/SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search radar
AN/SPQ-9B target acquisition radar
2 × AN/SPN-46 air traffic control radars
AN/SPN-43B air traffic control radar
AN/SPN-44 landing aid radars
4 × Mk 91 NSSM guidance systems
4 × Mk 95 radars
Electronic warfare
and decoys: SLQ-32A(V)4 Countermeasures suite
SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures
Armament: 2 × Mk 57 Mod3 Sea Sparrow
2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
3 × Phalanx CIWS
Armour: Classified
Aircraft carried: 90 fixed wing and helicopters

 

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USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)

Class and type: John F. Kennedy-class and/or
modified Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 60,728 tons light
82,655 tons full load
21,927 tons deadweight
Length: 1,052 feet (321 m) overall, 990 feet (300 m) waterline
Beam: 252 feet (77 m) extreme, 130 feet (40 m) waterline
Draft: 36 feet (11 m) maximum, 37 feet (11 m) limit
Propulsion: 8 × 1,200 psi (8.3 MPa) boilers, 4 steam turbines, 4 shafts, 280,000 shp (210 MW)
Speed: 34 knots (63 km/h)
Capacity: 5,000+
Complement: 3,297 officers and men (without jet commands & crews)
Armament: 2 × GMLS Mk 29 launchers for Sea Sparrow missiles
2 × Phalanx CIWS
2 × RAM launchers
Aircraft carried: 80+

 

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Junyō

Class and type: Hiyō-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 26,949 tons
Length: 719 ft 7 in (219.33 m)
Beam: 87 ft 7 in (26.70 m)
Draught: 26 ft 9 in (8.15 m)
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
Complement: 1,224
Armament: Twelve 5 inch (130 mm) guns
Up to seventy-six 25 mm anti-aircraft guns
6 × 28 5 inch (130 mm) AA rockets (from 1944)
Aircraft carried: 53

 

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Kaga

Class and type: Unique aircraft carrier
Displacement: 38,200 tons (standard)
43,650 tons (loaded)
Length: 247.7 m (812 ft 6 in) (overall)
Beam: 32.5 m (106 ft 7 in)
Draught: 9.5 m (28 ft 6 in)
Propulsion: 4 Brown-Curtis geared turbines
8 Kanpon boilers
4 shafts, 93.7 MW (127,400 shp)
Speed: 52.8 km/h (28.5 knots)
Complement: 1,708(after reconstruction); 2,016 (total)
Armament: 10 × 200 mm (7.9 in) guns (10×1),
16 × 120 mm (4.7 inch) guns (8×2),
22 × 25 mm anti-aircraft guns
Armour: Belt 11 in (30 cm)
Aircraft carried: 90 (total); 72(+18)
18 Zeros, 37 Vals, 37 Kates (Dec. 1941)

 

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Kaiyo

Displacement: 13,600 tons (standard)
16,483 tons (loaded)
Length: 166.6 m (546.4 ft)
Beam: 21.9 m (71.8 ft)
Draught: 8.0 m (26.4 ft)
Draft: 6.4 m
Propulsion: Kampon geared steam turbines, two shafts, 52,100 hp
Speed: 23.8 knots
Complement: 829
Sensors and
processing systems: Type 21 radar
Armament:
8 x 12.7 cm DP
24 x 25 mm AA
Armor: none
Aircraft carried: 24

 

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HNLMS Karel Doorman (QH1)

Class and type: Nairana class escort carrier
Displacement: 17,000 tons (full load)
Length: 524 feet (160 m)
Beam: 68 feet (21 m)
Draught: 25 feet (7.6 m)
Propulsion: Diesel, 10,700 bhp
Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement: 728
Armament: 2 × 4 inch guns
16 × 2 pdr guns (4×4)
16 × 20 mm guns (8×2)
Aircraft carried: 15-20