Spacecraft Recovery
27 April 1972: Apollo 16
19 December 1972: Apollo 17
22 June 1973: Skylab 2
General Characteristics:
Awarded: September 9, 1940
Keel laid: February 1, 1943
Launched: February 7, 1944
Commissioned: May 8, 1944
Decommissioned: September 1, 1973
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va.
Propulsion system: 8 boilers
Propellers: four
Aircraft elevators: three
Arresting gear cables: four
Catapults: two
Length: 888 feet (270.7 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
Armament:
1943: 12 5-inch (12.7 cm) 38 caliber guns, 32 40mm guns and 44 20mm guns
More information on the USS Ticonderoga from the United States Navy.
The ship was sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 September 1975.
