Keel Laid: September 15, 1941
                 Launched: December 7, 1942
                 Commissioned: May 24, 1943
                 Decommissioned: January 9, 1947

                 Builder: Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass.
                 Propulsion system: 8 boilers; 4 Westinghouse geared 
                  steam turbines; 150,000 shp
                 Length, overall: 872 feet 
                 Beam: 93 feet
                 Draft: 28 feet 7 inches 
                 Displacement: approx. 27,100 tons 
                 Speed: 32.7 knots 
                 Planes: 81-85
                 Crew: 3448
                 Armament: 12 five-inch guns