Spacecraft Recovery
3 October 1962: Sigma 7
16 May 1963: Faith 7
General Characteristics:
Awarded: 1942
Keel laid: March 1, 1944
Launched: May 5, 1945
Commissioned: March 2, 1946
Decommissioned: February 13, 1970
Builder: New York Naval Shipyard, Camden, NY
Propulsion system: 8 boilers
Propellers: four
Aircraft elevators: three
Arresting gear cables: four
Catapults: two
Length: 888.5 feet (270.8 meters)
Flight Deck Width: 191.9 feet (58.5 meters)
Beam: 101 feet (30.8 meters)
Draft: 30.8 feet (9.4 meters)
Displacement: approx. 40,600 tons full load
Speed: 33 knots
Planes: 80-100 planes
Crew: approx. 3448 as CVS: 115 officers and 1500 enlisted
Armament:
1946: 12 5-inch (12.7 cm) 38 caliber guns and 40 40mm guns
1952: 8 5-inch (12.7 cm) 38 caliber guns and 20 3-inch (7.6 cm) 50 caliber guns
1954: 8 5-inch (12.7 cm) 38 caliber guns and 16 3-inch (7.6 cm) 50 caliber guns
1961: 7 5-inch (12.7 cm) 38 caliber guns
1966: 4 5-inch (12.7 cm) 38 caliber guns
More information on the USS Kearsarge from United States Navy.
Stricken from the Navy List 1 May 1973. Sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Mar 1974.
