Keel Laid: April 1, 1936
                 Launched: April 4, 1939
                 Commissioned: April 25, 1940
                 Sunk: September 15, 1942

                 Builder: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co. Quincy, Mass.
                 Propulsion system: six boilers at 565 psi; steam turbines; 75,000 shp  
                 Length, overall: 741 feet 4 inches 
                 Beam:  80 feet 8 inch; extreme width at flight deck: 109 feet
                 Draft: 19 feet 11 inches 
                 Displacement: 19,116 tons full load 
                 Speed: 29 1/2 knots 
                 Planes: 80
                 Crew: 2367
                 Armament:  8 five-inch guns, 16 1.1-inch guns, 
                  16 .50-cal. machine guns