Keel Laid: January 8, 1921
             Launched: October 3, 1925
             Commissioned: December 14, 1927
             Sunk: May 8, 1942

             Builder: Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, Mass.
             Propulsion system: 16 × boilers at 300 psi,
             Geared turbines and electric drive; 4 × shafts; 180,000 shp
             Length, overall: 888 feet
             Beam: 105,5 feet 
             Draft: 32 feet 
             Displacement: approx. 50,000 tons 
             Speed: 34,5 knots 
             Planes: 91 
             Crew: 2122 
             Armament:  8 eight-inch and 12 five-inch guns