Keel Laid: December 15, 1942
                 Launched: February 28, 1944
                 Commissioned: August 6, 1944
                 Decommissioned: January 15, 1970

                 Builder: New York Navy Yard, New York, N.Y.
                 Propulsion system: 8 boilers; 4 Westinghouse geared 
                  steam turbines; 150,000 shp 
                 Length, overall: 872 feet 
                 Beam: 93 feet; extreme width at flight deck: 147½ 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