Midway-class aircraft carrier

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United States Navy ship class aircraft carrier class

The Midway-class aircraft carrier was a class of large U.S. Navy carriers commissioned near the end of World War II that served for decades as key platforms for American naval air power.

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Label	Occurrences
Midway-class aircraft carrier canonical	4

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Navy ship class ⓘ aircraft carrier class ⓘ
aircraftTypeOperated	carrier-based attack aircraft ⓘ carrier-based fighter aircraft ⓘ carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
airGroupSize	approximately 100 aircraft (as built) ⓘ
armamentAsBuilt	20 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ 40 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ 5-inch dual-purpose guns ⓘ
beamWaterline	about 113 feet ⓘ
builder	Brooklyn Navy Yard ⓘ New York Naval Shipyard ⓘ Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ
category	Cold War aircraft carriers of the United States ⓘ World War II aircraft carriers of the United States ⓘ
commissioned	1945 ⓘ
conflict	Cold War ⓘ Korean War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designedBy	United States Navy Bureau of Ships ⓘ surface form: Bureau of Ships
designPeriod	World War II era ⓘ
displacementFullLoad	over 60000 long tons ⓘ
displacementStandard	approximately 45000 long tons ⓘ
flightDeckType	armored flight deck ⓘ
hullMaterial	steel ⓘ
hullType	conventional monohull ⓘ
lengthOverall	about 968 feet ⓘ
maximumSpeed	about 33 knots ⓘ
modernization	angled flight deck added during Cold War refits ⓘ steam catapults installed during postwar upgrades ⓘ
namedAfter	Battle of Midway ⓘ
notableFeature	designed to operate large air groups of piston and later jet aircraft ⓘ first U.S. carriers with armored flight decks similar to British designs ⓘ
numberOfScrews	4 ⓘ
numberOfShips	3 ⓘ
operator	United States Navy ⓘ
precededBy	Essex-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
primaryMission	power projection ⓘ sea control ⓘ
propulsion	geared turbines ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ
role	anti-submarine warfare carrier ⓘ attack carrier ⓘ fleet carrier ⓘ
serviceBranch	United States Navy ⓘ surface form: U.S. Navy
shipInClass	USS Coral Sea (CV-43) ⓘ USS Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) USS Midway (CV-41) ⓘ
succeededBy	Forrestal class ⓘ surface form: Forrestal-class aircraft carrier
timeInService	over four decades for lead ship ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

USS Forrestal (CV-59) → precededBy → Midway-class aircraft carrier ⓘ

Forrestal class → precededBy → Midway-class aircraft carrier ⓘ

CV-59 → precededBy → Midway-class aircraft carrier ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Forrestal

Essex class → followedBy → Midway-class aircraft carrier ⓘ

subject surface form: Essex-class aircraft carrier