USS BELLEAU WOOD CV 24 |
Keel Laid: August 11, 1941 Launched: December 6, 1942 Commissioned: March 31, 1943 Decommissioned: January 13, 1947 Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J. Length, overall: 622½ feet Beam: 71½ feet; extreme width at flight deck: 109 feet 2 inches Draft: 26 feet Displacement: approx. 11,000 tons Speed: 31½ knots Planes: 45 Crew: 1569 Armament: 22 40mm guns |