Midway-class aircraft carrier

	USS Midway before SCB-110 upgrade
Class overview
Name	Midway class
Builders	Newport News Shipbuilding; New York Navy Yard;
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	Essex class
Succeeded by	Forrestal class
Built	27 October 1943 – 2 April 1946
In commission	10 September 1945 – 11 April 1992
Planned	6
Completed	3
Cancelled	3
Retired	3
Preserved	1
General characteristics
Type	Aircraft carrier
Displacement	45,000 long tons (46,000 t) (standard); 60,000 long tons (61,000 t) (full load) ;
Length	968 ft (295 m) overall; 901 ft (275 m) waterline; 924 ft (282 m) flight deck;
Beam	121 ft (37 m)
Draft	33 ft (10 m)
Propulsion	Westinghouse Steam turbines; 212,000 shp (158,000 kW);
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement	4,104
Armament	Original armament:; 18 × 5 in (127 mm)/54 caliber guns; 21 × quad 40 mm Bofors gun; 28 × twin 20 mm Oerlikon cannon ; Refit armament:; 2 × 8-cell Sea Sparrow launchers; 2 × Mark 71 mod 0 Phalanx CIWS;
Armor	Belt: 7.6 in (193 mm); Deck: 3.5 in (89 mm);
Aircraft carried	Up to 130 (1940s–50s), 65–70 (1980s)

The Midway-class was a class of three United States Navy aircraft carriers. The lead ship, USS Midway, was commissioned in September 1945 and decommissioned in 1992. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt was commissioned in October 1945, and taken out of service in 1977. USS Coral Sea was commissioned in April 1947, and decommissioned in 1990.

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