Spacecraft Recovery
27 December 1968: Apollo 8
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: 1940 |
| Keel laid: December 1, 1941 | |
| Launched: January 21, 1943 | |
| Commissioned: April 15, 1943 | |
| Decommissioned: June 27, 1970 | |
| Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va. | |
| 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 1500 enlisted | |
| Armament: 1943: 12 5-inch (12.7 cm) 38 caliber guns, 40 40mm guns and 55 20mm guns 1944: 12 5-inch (12.7 cm) 38 caliber guns, 64 40mm guns and 56 20mm guns 1954: 8 5-inch (12.7 cm) 38 caliber guns and 14 3-inch (7.6 cm) 50 caliber guns 1974: 4 5-inch (12.7 cm) 38 caliber guns |
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