Lexicon of Aircraft Carriers

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Ryūhō

Class and type: Ryūhō-class aircraft carrier[1]
Displacement: 16,700 tons full load
Length: 215.6 m
Beam: 23 m
Draught: 6.7 m
Propulsion: Steam turbines
4 boilers
52,000 shp
2 shafts
Speed: 26.5 knots
Range: 9,700 nmi. at 18 knots
(18,000 km at 33 km/h)
Complement: 989
Armament: 4 × 5 inch (127 mm) guns
38 × 25 mm anti-aircraft guns
Aircraft carried: 31

 

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Ryūjō

Class and type: Ryūjō class light aircraft carrier
Displacement: 10,600 tons (standard)
13,650 tons (loaded)
Length: 179.9 m (590.3 ft)
Beam: 20.8 m (68.2 ft)
Draught: 7.1 m (23.3 ft)
Propulsion: Steam turbines,
6 boilers, 2 shafts,
48.5 MW (65,000 hp)
Speed: 54 km/h (29 knots)
Range: 19,000 km at 26 km/h
(10,000 nmi at 14 kts)
Complement: 924
Armament: 8 × 127 mm (5 in) guns,
4 × 25 mm anti-aircraft guns,
24 × 13 mm machine guns
Aircraft carried: 48 (operational maximum 37)

 

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USS Saipan (CVL-48)

Displacement: 14,500 tons
Length: 684 ft (208 m)
Beam: 76.8 ft (23.4 m) (waterline)
115 ft (35.1 m) (overall)
Draft: 28 ft (8.5 m)
Speed: 33 knots
Complement: 1,721 officers and men
Armament: 40 × Bofors 40 mm guns
Aircraft carried: 50+ aircraft

 

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USS San Jacinto (CVL-30)

Class and type: Independence-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 11,000
Length: 622.5 ft (189.7 m)
Beam: 71.5 ft (21.8 m) (waterline)
109' 2" (33.3 m) (overall)
Draft: 26 ft (7.9 m)
Speed: 31.6 knots
Complement: 1,549 officers and men
Armament: 28 × Bofors 40 mm guns
40 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
Aircraft carried: 45 aircraft

 

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NAe São Paulo

Class and type: Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 24,200 tonnes
32,800 tonnes (full load)
Length: 265 metres (870 ft)
Beam: 31.7 metres (104 ft)
Draught: 8.60 metres (28.2 ft)
Propulsion: 6 Indret boilers, 4 steam turbines producing 126,000 hp, 2 propellers
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
Range: 7,500 nautical miles (13,900 km) at 18 knots
Complement: 1,338 men (1,920 including the air group). 984 men if only helicopters are carried.
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
DRBV-23B air sentry radar
DRBV-50 low-altitude or surface sentry radar (later replaced by a DRBV-15)
NRBA-50 approach radar
DRBI-10 tri-dimensional air sentry radar
several DRBC-31 fire radar (later DRBC-32C)
DRBN-34 navigation radars
Armament: four 100 mm turrets, two SACP Crotale EDIR systems, five 12.7 mm machine guns, 4 dual Simbad launchers
Aircraft carried: about 40 aircraft, a mixture of A-4KU Skyhawks, AS 532 SC Cougars, HB 350 & HB.355 Ecureuils, and SH-3 Sea Kings

 

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USS Saratoga (CV-3)

Class and type: Lexington-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: Design:
36,000 tons standard
38,746 tons; 53,000 tons (1945)
Length: 850 feet (waterline)
880 feet (overall)
Beam: 105 feet 5.25 inches (waterline)
106 feet (overall)
Draught: 24 feet 3 inches (design)
Propulsion: Design:
16 × boilers at 300 psi
Geared turbines and electric drive
4 × shafts
180,000 shp; 213,000 shp reached in service
Speed: 33.25 knots (design); 34.99 knots reached in service
Range: 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement: 2,122 officers and men
Sensors and
processing systems: CXAM-1 RADAR[1]
Armament: As built:
4 × twin 8-inch (200 mm) 55 caliber guns
12 × single 5-inch (130 mm) guns
Armour: Belt: 5-inch (130 mm) to 7-inch (180 mm)
2-inch (51 mm) protective 3rd deck
3-inch (76 mm) flat to 4.5-inch (110 mm) over steering gear
Aircraft carried: As built:
91 aircraft
2 × elevators
1 × flywheel catapult

 

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USS Saratoga (CV-60)

Class and type: Forrestal-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 81,101 tons full, 61,235 tons light, 19,866 tons dead
Length: 1,063 feet (324 m)
Beam: 130 feet (39.6 m) waterline, 252 feet (76.8 m) extreme
Draft: 37 feet (11.3 m)
Propulsion: 4 geared turbines, 4 shafts, 280,000 shp (210,000 kW)
8 Babcock and Wilcox boilers
Speed: 35 knots
Complement: 552 officers, 4988 men
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

 

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USS Shangri-La (CV/CVA/CVS-38)

Class and type: Essex-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: As built:
27,100 tons standard
Length: As built:
888 feet (271 m) overall
Beam: As built:
93 feet (28 m) waterline
Draught: As built:
28 feet 7 inches (8.7 m) light
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)
Complement: 3448 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 Bofors 40 mm guns
46 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
Armour: As built:
4 inch (100 mm) belt
2.5 inch (60 mm) hangar deck
1.5 inch (40 mm) protectice decks
1.5 inch (40 mm) conning tower
Aircraft carried: As built:
90–100 aircraft

 

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Shimane Maru

Displacement: 11800 tons standard
Length: 153 m water line
Beam: 20.0 m
Draft: 9.1 m
Propulsion: steam turbines, 8600 hp
Speed: 18.5 knots
Armament: 2 x 12.0cm, 52 x 25mm, 16 depth charges
Armor: none
Aircraft carried: 12

 

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Shinano

Class and type: Converted Yamato class battleship
Displacement: 62,000 tons (standard)
72,000 tons (loaded)[1]
Length: 266.0 m (872.7 ft)[1]
Beam: 36.3 m (119 ft) waterline
40 m (131.3 ft) flight deck[1]
Draught: 10.3 m (33.9 ft)
Draft: 10.8 m (35.4 ft)[1]
Propulsion: 12 Kampon oil-fired boilers,[1]
geared steam turbines,[1]
4 shafts,[1]
Speed: 27 knots (51 km/h)[1]
Range: 10,000 nm. at 27 knots
(18,400 km at 50 km/h)[1]
Complement: 2,400[2]
Armament: Sixteen 127 mm (5' inch)[2]
145 - 25 mm antiaircraft guns[2]
twelve 28-barreled 127 mm (5 inch) AA rocket launchers[2]
Armour: 127 mm (5 inch) side belt,
100 mm (4 inch) deck,
79 mm (3.1 inch) flight deck
Aircraft carried: 47 (capable of storing 139)[1]

 

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Shinyo

Class and type: Unique escort carrier
Displacement: 17,500 tons (standard)
20,586 tons (loaded)
Length: 621 ft 3 in (189.4 m)
Beam: 84 ft 0 in (25.6 m)
Draft: 26 ft 10 in (8.2 m)
Propulsion: AEG steam turbines, two shaft, 26,000 shp
Speed: 22 knots (41 km/h)
Complement: 942
Armament:
Upon completion in 1943:
8 x 5"/40 Dual purpose guns
30 x 25 mm AA guns
From 1944:
8 x 5"/40 Dual purpose guns
50 x 25 mm AA guns
Aircraft carried: 33

 

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Shōhō

Class and type: Shōhō class light aircraft carrier
Displacement: 14,200 tons (full);
11,262 tons (standard)
Length: 205.5 m (674 ft 2.5 in)
Beam: 18.2 m (59 ft 8.5 in)
Draught: 6.6 m (21 ft 8 in)
Propulsion: Geared turbines,
38.8 MW (52,000 hp),
2 shafts
Speed: 52.2 km/h (28.2 knots)
Range: 14,400 km at 22 km/h
(7,800 nmi at 12 knots)
Complement: 785
Armament: 8 × 127 mm (5 in) guns
8 × 25 mm anti-aircraft guns
12 × 13.2 mm machine guns
Aircraft carried: 30

 

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Shōkaku

Displacement: 32,105 tons (fully loaded),
25,675 tons (standard) light
Length: 257.5 m (845 ft)
Beam: 26 m (85 ft)
Draft: 8.8 m (29 ft)
Propulsion: Kanpon geared turbines,
119 MW (160,000 hp),
4 screws
Speed: 63.3 km/h (34.2 knots)
Range: 18,000 km at 33 km/h
(9,700 nmi at 18 knots)
Complement: 1,660
Armament: 16 × 127 mm (5 in) anti-aircraft guns (Type 98)
70 × 25 mm AA guns (Type 96)
Aircraft carried: 72(+12)
18 Zeros, 27 Vals, 27 Kates (Dec. 1941)

 

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Sōryū

Class and type: Sōryū class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 19,500 tons (full load),
15,900 tons (standard)
Length: 222 m (728 ft 5 in)
Beam: 21 m (70 ft)
Draught: 7.44 m (24 ft 5 in)
Propulsion: Geared steam turbines,
113 MW (152,000 hp),
4 screws
Speed: 63.9 km/h (34.5 knots)
Complement: 1,103
Armament: 12 × 127 mm (5 in) DP guns
(dual-purpose)
26 × 25 mm anti-aircraft guns
15 × 13.2 mm machine guns
Aircraft carried: 57(+16)
18 Zeros, 18 Vals, 18 Kates (Dec. 1941)

 

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Sparviero

Type: Aircraft carrier
Displacement: 30418 tons
Length: 232.5 m
Beam: 29.4 m
Draught: 7.39 m
Installed power: 151,000 HP
Propulsion: 8 boilers, 4 turbines, 4 propellers
Speed: 20 knots
Capacity: 1,420 men (including 107 officers)
Armament: artillery: 8 pieces from 135/45 millimetre
12 pieces from 65/64 millimetre
22 machine-gunner from 20/65 millimetre
Armour: 70 mm (vertical)
80 mm (horizontal)

 

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HMAS Sydney (R17/A214)

Class and type: Majestic class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 15,740 tons
Length: 695 ft (212 m) overall
Beam: 80 ft (24 m)
Draught: 25 ft (7.6 m)
Propulsion: Brown Curtis Turbines, 4 boilers, 2 shafts, 40,000 hp
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
Complement: 1,200 crew
Armament: 30 x 40 mm AA guns
Aircraft carried: 37 aircraft

 

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Taihō

Class and type: Taihō class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 29,770 long tons (30,250 t) (standard);
37,270 long tons (37,870 t) (fully loaded)
Length: 260.6 m (855.0 ft)
Draught: 9.6 m (31.5 ft)
Speed: 33 knots (61 km/h)
Complement: 1751
Armament: 12 × 100 mm (3.9 in) / 65 caliber AA,
51 × 25 mm (0.98 in) AA.
Aircraft carried: 65

 

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Taiyō

Displacement: 17,830 tons standard
19,500 tons max.
Length: 173.7 m waterline
180.4 m overall
Beam: 22.5 m
Draft: 8.0 m
Propulsion: 4 Kampon water-tube boilers
2 Kampon geared steam turbines
25,200 shp (18,522 kW)
2 shafts, 1 rudder
Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h)
Range: 6,500 nmi. (12,000 km) at 18 knots
Other sources: 8,500 nmi.
Complement: 747
Armament:
Upon completion as escort carrier:
4x1 120 mm L/45 AA guns (10th Year Type)
2x2 25 mm L/60 AA guns (Type 96)
2x4 13 mm L/76 AA guns (Type 96)
From 30 July 1942:
4x1 120 mm L/45 AA guns (10th Year Type)
2x3 25 mm L/60 AA guns (Type 96)
4x2 25 mm L/60 AA guns (Type 96)
From 14 July 1943:
4x1 120 mm L/45 AA guns (10th Year Type)
6x3 25 mm L/60 AA guns (Type 96)
4x2 25 mm L/60 AA guns (Type 96)
From 18 April 1944:
4x1 120 mm L/45 AA guns (10th Year Type)
8x3 25 mm L/60 AA guns (Type 96)
2x2 25 mm L/60 AA guns (Type 96)
28x1 25 mm L/60 AA guns (Type 96)
8x depth charges (Type 95)
Armor: 25 mm side belt over machinery spaces and magazines
Aircraft carried: 27

 

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USS Tarawa (CV/CVA/CVS-40, AVT-12)

Class and type: Essex-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: As built:
27,100 tons standard
Length: As built:
888 feet (271 m) overall
Beam: As built:
93 feet (28 m) waterline
Draught: As built:
28 feet 7 inches (8.7 m) light
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)
Complement: 3448 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 Bofors 40 mm guns
46 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
Armour: As built:
4 inch (100 mm) belt
2.5 inch (60 mm) hangar deck
1.5 inch (40 mm) protectice decks
1.5 inch (40 mm) conning tower
Aircraft carried: As built:
90–100 aircraft

 

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HMAS Sydney (R17/A214)

Class and type: Majestic class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 15,740 tons
Length: 695 ft (212 m) overall
Beam: 80 ft (24 m)
Draught: 25 ft (7.6 m)
Propulsion: Brown Curtis Turbines, 4 boilers, 2 shafts, 40,000 hp
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
Complement: 1,200 crew
Armament: 30 x 40 mm AA guns
Aircraft carried: 37 aircraft