Spacecraft Recovery
5 May 1961: Freedom 7
29 August 1965: Gemini 5
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: August 7, 1942 |
| Keel laid: March 15, 1943 | |
| Launched: November 2, 1944 | |
| Commissioned: June 3, 1945 | |
| Decommissioned: May 2, 1969 | |
| Builder: Norfolk Navy Yard | |
| Propulsion system: 8 boilers | |
| Propellers: four | |
| Aircraft elevators: three | |
| Arresting gear cables: four | |
| Catapults: two | |
| Length: 876 feet (267 meters) | |
| Flight Deck Width: 191.9 feet (58.5 meters) | |
| Beam: 101 feet (30.8 meters) | |
| Draft: 30.8 feet (9.4 meters) | |
| Displacement: approx. 40,600 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 44 20mm guns |
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