Keel Laid: September 25, 1920
                 Launched: April 7, 1925
                 Commissioned: November 16, 1927
                 Sunk: July 26, 1946

                 Builder: New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.
                 Propulsion system: 16 × boilers at 300 psi,
                  Geared turbines and electric drive; 4 × shafts; 180,000 shp
                 Length, overall: 888 feet
                 Beam: 106 feet 
                 Draft: 24,5 feet 
                 Displacement: approx. 53,000 tons 
                 Speed: 34,5 knots 
                 Planes: 91 
                 Crew: 2111
                 Armament:  8 eight-inch guns,  
                  12 five-inch guns, and 4 six-pounders