No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
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CV2 | Lexington | 300 | Bethlehem, Quincy | 8.1.1921 | 3.10.1925 | 14.12.1927 | sunk 8.5.1942 |
CV3 | Saratoga | 199 | New York SB, Camden | 25.9.1920 | 7.4.1925 | 16.11.1927 | sunk as target in nuclear tests 25.7.1946 |
Displacement standard, t | 37681 |
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Displacement full, t | 43055 |
Length, m | 259.1 wl 270.7 oa |
Breadth, m | 32.1 |
Draught, m | 10.2 |
No of shafts | 4 |
Machinery | 4 electric motors, 4 General Electric turbo-generators, 16 Yarrow boilers |
Power, h. p. | 180000 |
Max speed, kts | 33.2 |
Fuel, t | oil 2400 - 3600 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 10500 (15) |
Armour, mm | belt: 178 - 127, lower deck: 32 on 19mm plating, CT: 51 sides, 51 roof |
Armament | 4 x 2 - 203/55 Mk 9, 12 x 1 -127/25 Mk 10.11.13, 63 aircraft (FB, F6C Hawk, FU, F2B, F3B fighters, DT, SC, P2D, T2D, T3M torpedo-bombers, UO, O2U Corsair reconnaissance planes, VE-7, VE-9 multipurpose planes) |
Complement | 2327 |
Year | Fighters | reconnaissance, early warning, ECM planes |
Reconnaissance |
---|---|---|---|
1937 (Lexington) | 18 F2F-1, 18 F4B-4 | 18 BG-1, 20 SBU-1 | 3 O2U-3 Corsair, 2 JF-1 |
5.1942 (Lexington) | 22 F4F Wildcat | 36 SBD Dauntless | --- |
8.1942 (Saratoga) | 36 F4F Wildcat | 37 SBD Dauntless | --- |
4.1944 (Saratoga) | 27 F6F Hellcat | 24 SBD Dauntless | --- |