Spacecraft Recovery
27 April 1972: Apollo 16
19 December 1972: Apollo 17
22 June 1973: Skylab 2
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: September 9, 1940 |
| Keel laid: February 1, 1943 | |
| Launched: February 7, 1944 | |
| Commissioned: May 8, 1944 | |
| Decommissioned: September 1, 1973 | |
| Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va. | |
| Propulsion system: 8 boilers | |
| Propellers: four | |
| Aircraft elevators: three | |
| Arresting gear cables: four | |
| Catapults: two | |
| Length: 888 feet (270.7 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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