Spacecraft Recovery
24 July 1969: Apollo 11
24 November 1969: Apollo 12
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: September 9, 1940 |
| Keel laid: August 3, 1942 | |
| Launched: August 30, 1943 | |
| Commissioned: November 29, 1943 | |
| Decommissioned: June 26, 1970 | |
| Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va. | |
| Propulsion system: 8 boilers | |
| Propellers: four | |
| Aircraft elevators: three | |
| Arresting gear cables: five | |
| Catapults: two | |
| Length: 899 feet (274 meters) | |
| Flight Deck Width: 192 feet (58.5 meters) | |
| Beam: 101 feet (30.8 meters) | |
| Draft: 31 feet (9.4 meters) | |
| Displacement: approx. 41,000 tons full load | |
| Speed: 33 knots | |
| Planes: 80-100 planes | |
| Crew: approx. 3448 | |
| Armament: 1943: 12 5-inch (12.7 cm) 38 caliber guns, 32 40mm guns and 46 20mm guns |
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