Spacecraft Recovery
7 June 1965: Gemini 4
16 December 1965: Gemini 6
18 December 1965: Gemini 7
6 June 1966: Gemini 9
15 November 1966: Gemini 12
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: 1940 |
| Keel laid: March 18, 1942 | |
| Launched: August 17, 1943 | |
| Commissioned: November 24, 1943 | |
| Decommissioned: July 1, 1972 | |
| Builder: Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass. | |
| 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 as CVS: 115 officers and 1500 enlisted | |
| Armament: 1945: 12 5-inch (12.7 cm) 38 caliber guns, 68 40mm guns, 29 20mm guns and 6 machine guns 1952: 8 5-inch (12.7 cm) 38 caliber guns and 28 3-inch (7.6 cm) 50 caliber guns 1956: 8 5-inch (12.7 cm) 38 caliber guns and 14 3-inch (7.6 cm) 50 caliber guns 1961: 7 5-inch (12.7 cm) 38 caliber guns 1964: 4 5-inch (12.7 cm) 38 caliber guns |
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