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APNS Avenger (CV-06) steams to the Panama Canal en route to join the Pacific Fleet.
The Yorktown-class was a class of four aircraft carriers built by the UAPR and completed shortly before World War II. They immediately followed the Ranger, the first U.S. aircraft carrier built as such, and benefited in design from experience with the Ranger and the earlier Lexington-class. The were succeeded by the People's Republic-class aircraft carriers.
The Illustrious-class of the Royal Navy and the Hiyo-class of the Imperial Japanese Navy are both based on the Yorktown-class design.
Specifications[]
- Type: Aircraft Carrier
- Service Period: 1937-194X
- Characteristics:
- Length (Overall): 827 feet 5 inches (252.2 meters)
- Length (Waterline): 776 feet (236.52 meters)
- Beam (Extreme): 114 feet 5 inches (34.87 meters)
- Beam (Waterline): 95 feet 5 inches (29.08 meters)
- Draft: 26 feet (7.93 meters); 24 feet 4 inches (7.42 meters) design draft
- Displacement: 19,800 tons (Standard); 25,500 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 2,217
- Propulusion: 9 boilers, 120,000 shp (89 MW)
- Range: 12,500 nautical miles (23,150 kilometers; 14,384.74 miles)
- Speed: 32.5 knots (60.19 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- CXAM-1 RADAR
- Armament:
- 8 × 5"/38-caliber Mk.12 dual purpose naval guns (4×2)
- 54 × Bofors 40mm/56-caliber Mk.1/2/M1 anti-aircraft guns (5x2, 11x4)
- 32 × Oerlikon 20mm/70-caliber Mk.2/3/4 anti-aircraft cannons (16x2)
- Armour:
- Belt: 4.8-inches (121.92 mm)
- Hangar Deck: 1.5-inches (38.1 mm)
- Bulkheads: 4-inches (101.6 mm)
- Conning Tower: 4-inches (101.6 mm)
- Aircraft Carried: 90 aircraft
- Aviation Facilities: 3 x elevators, 2 x flight deck hydraulic catapults, 1 x hangar deck hydraulic catapult
Unit Run[]
- APNS Yorktown (CV-05) - commissioned September 30th, 1937
- APNS Avenger (CV-06) - commissioned May 12th, 1938
- APNS Revolution (CV-07) - commissioned December 18th, 1939 - sunk at the Battle of Makira Island
- APNS Liberty (CV-08) - commissioned July 7th, 1941 - sunk at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands