Keel Laid: December 22, 1943
            Launched: March 16, 1944
            Commissioned: April 21, 1944
            Decommissioned:  March 1, 1964

            Builder: Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver, WA.
            Propulsion  system:  four boilers
            Flight Deck Width: 108 fett (32.9 meters) 
            Length: 512,5 feet (156.2 meters)
            Beam: 65 feet (19.9 meters)
            Draft: 22,6 feet (6.9 meters)
            Displacement: approx. 10,400 tons full load
            Speed: 19 knots
            Crew: 860
            Armament: 16 40mm guns as (LPH)