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USS Midway Class CVA's Ship Models
USS Coral Sea , USS Franklin D. Roosevelt

USS Franklin D. Roosevelt 1/ 540 built by Patrick Cosgrove
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Midway Class Histories

CV-41 Midway

CV-42 Franklin D. Roosevelt

CV-43 Coral Sea

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Specifications

Midway Class Aircraft Carriers

Name	Builder	LD	LCH	COM
CV/CVB/CVA.41 Midway	Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport VA	Oct.27/43	Mar.20/45	Sep.10/45

designation changed to CVB before completion
launched captured German V-2 rocket (Operation Sandy) Sep.6/46
refit 1947-49
redesignated CVA Oct.1/52
SCB-110 May.15/55-Sep.30/57 angled flight deck/enclosed bow/arresting gear/steam catapults added
SCB-101 Feb.15/66-Jan.31/70 longer flight deck/new steam catapults added
took part in Operation Frequent Wind Apr.29-30/75
redesignated CV Jun.30/75
overhauled Jan./86 with bulges added
took part in Desert Storm
DECOM to reserve Apr.11/92
stricken Mar.17/97
located at Bremerton Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility
donated as a museum to a group in San Diego,California

Name	Builder	LD	LCH	COM
CV/CVB.42 Franklin D. Roosevelt ex Coral Sea	New York Navy Yard	Dec.1/43	Apr.29/45	Oct.27/45

designation changed to CVB before completion
refit 1947-49
redesignated CVA Oct.1/52
SCB-110 Apr.23/54-Apr.6/56 angled flight deck/enclosed bow/arresting gear/steam catapults added
overhauled Nov./68
redesignated CV Jun.30/75
DECOM/stricken Oct.1/77
sold for scrapping Apr.11/78
scrapped from ./80

Name	Builder	LD	LCH	COM
CV/CVB.43 Coral Sea	Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport VA	Jul.10/44	Apr.2/46	Oct.1/47

designation changed to CVB before completion
redesignated CVA Oct.1/52
refit 1955-56
SCB-110A Mar.10/57-Jan.26/60 angled flight deck/enclosed bow/arresting gear/steam catapults added
redesignated CV Jun.30/75
deactivated Nov./89
DECOM/stricken Apr.30/91
sold Mar.30/93 & partly scrapped
remains at Baltimore

CV.44 Unnamed	cancelled Jan.11/43
CV.56 Unnamed	cancelled Mar.28/45
CV.57 Unnamed	cancelled Mar.28/45

Dimensions

Length(O/A)	932'(design) 1006.0'(CV-41)(after added angled deck) 1003' (CV-43)(after added angled deck) 976' (CV-42)(after added angled deck)
Length(W/L)	900.0'
Beam	113'
Draft	32.0'
Flight Deck Length	960.8'(design) 1006.0'(CV-41)(after added angled deck) 1003' (CV-43)(after added angled deck) 976' (CV-42)(after added angled deck)
Flight Deck Width	136'(design) 257.0'(after added angled deck)

Displacement

Full Load	59,000 tons (design) 67,000 tons(CV-41-42) 65,200 tons(CV-43)
Standard	45,000 tons

Propulsion

Boilers	12 Foster-Wheeler 565 psi boilers
Turbines	4 Westinghouse steam turbines
Horsepower	212,000 shp
Shafts	4
Endurance	8,000 nm @ 15 knts
Max Speed	32 knts

Protection

Flight Deck	3.5" (design) added to in ./47-./48 refit
Side Belt	7.6" (design)

Armament

Main Battery	18 x 5"/54 cal (design) removed during modernizations
SAM	2 x Raytheon 8 cell GMLS Mk 29 launchers added in Midway & Coral Sea w/Sea Sparrow missiles
AAW	42 x 40 mm guns (design) replaced by 20 x 3"/50 cal in 10 twin mounts ./47-./48 all removed 28 x 20 mm guns (design) removed during modernizations
CIWS	2 x GE/GD 20mm/76 Phalanx 6-barreled (Mk-15) added to Midway 1980s (1 port 1 starboard) 3 added to Coral Sea (1 port 2 starboard)

Countermeasures (1986)

Decoys

4 x Loral Hycor SRBOC 6-barreled Mk-36
SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy

Radars (1986)

Air Search	Raytheon SPS 49(V)5 ITT SPS 48C 3D
Surface Search	Raytheon SPS 67
Navigation	Raytheon SPS 65
Fire Control	4 Mk 95

Aircraft

Helicopters	6-SH-3G/H Sea King or SH-60F Seahawk
Fixed Wing	Approx. 137 WWII vintage planes (design)
Fixed Wing	After Modernization: Approx.65-75 aircraft during last years of service (Coral Sea/Midway) 2 Squadron F-18 Hornets 2 Squadron A-6 Intruders 4 EA-6B Prowlers 4 E-2-C Hawkeyes 4 S-3-A/B Vikings

Complement

Usual	3,583 (design) 4,120 (as completed)
	After Modernization: 2,828 Navy (CV-41-42) 2,502 Navy (CV-43) 1,860 Air Wing(CV-41-42) 2,220 Air Wing (CV-43) 72 Marines