USS Iwo Jima (CV-46)
 CV-46 Iwo Jima | |
| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Iwo Jima |
| Namesake: | Battle of Iwo Jima |
| Ordered: | 14 June 1943 |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co |
| Laid down: | 29 January 1945 |
| Launched: | Cancelled prior to launching |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Essex-class aircraft carrier |
| Displacement: | As built: 27,100 tons standard 36,380 tons full load |
| Length: | As built: 820 feet (250 m) waterline 872 feet (266 m) overall |
| Beam: | As built: 93 feet (28 m) waterline 147 feet 6 inches (45 m) overall |
| Draft: | As built: 28 feet 5 inches (8.66 m) light 34 feet 2 inches (10.41 m) full load |
| Propulsion: | As designed: 8 × boilers 565 psi (3,900 kPa) 850 °F (450 °C) 4 × Westinghouse geared steam turbines 4 × shafts 150,000 shp (110 MW) |
| Speed: | 33 knots (61 km/h) |
| Range: | 20,000 nautical miles (37,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement: | As built: 2,600 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | As built: 4 × twin 5 inch (127 mm) 38 caliber guns 4 × single 5 inch (127 mm) 38 caliber guns 8 × quadruple 40 mm 56 caliber guns 46 × single 20 mm 78 caliber guns |
| Armor: | As built: 2.5 to 4 inch (60 to 100 mm) belt 1.5 inch (40 mm) hangar and protectice decks 4 inch (100 mm) bulkheads 1.5 inch (40 mm) STS top and sides of pilot house 2.5 inch (60 mm) top of steering gear |
| Aircraft carried: | As built: 90–100 aircraft 1 × deck-edge elevator 2 × centerline elevators |
PCU Iwo Jima CV-46 was a member of the Essex class carriers of WWII. Due to hostilities lessening in WWII and a multitude of other Essex carriers available, construction was cancelled on August 12, 1945 and she was scrapped.
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