ESSEX Class Carriers now displayed as museums:

Length: 894" Full load tons: 41,000
Flight deck:   Width: 192'  Sqft: 170,000
Hanger Deck Height: 17.5'  Sqft: 40,000

USS Yorktown (CV-10)
USS Intrepid (CV-11)
USS Lexington (CV-16)


All three were originally commissioned in 1943.
All three were modernized and received angled  flight decks by the mid 1950's.
All three aircraft carrier have the same basic dimensions.

FORRESTAL Class Carriers:

Length: 1076" Full load tons: 79,300
Flight deck:   Width: 252'  Sqft: 250,000
Hanger Deck Height: 25'  Sqft: 75,000

USS Forrestal (CVA-59)
USS Saratoga (CVA-60)
USS Ranger (CVA-61)
USS Independence (CVA-62)


USS Forrestal (CVA59) was the 1st aircraft carrier built from the keel up to
operate jet aircraft of the Atomic Age.
USS Forrestal is the World's 1st Super Aircraft Carrier
USS Forrestal was commissioned in 1955.
USS Forrestal received major overhauls in 1966, 1976, 1984, and 1992.
USS Forrestal is basically the same size as the current nuclear aircraft carriers
in operation today.

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