Some info about the Coral Sea

 

 Crew- over 4,000

Spaces- over 2,500

Length- 973 feet

Beam- 120 feet

Height- 18 stories

Draft- 35 feet

Weight- over 67,000 tons

Monthly payroll- $1,650,000

Aircraft- over 65

Speed- over 30 knots

Meals served daily- over 14,000

 

 A 5,000 pound automobile would travel 2.5 miles if shot from one of her catapults.

12 boilers fed her main engines for a total of over 212,000 Horsepower.

Her electrical generators could produce enough power to supply Spokane Washington.

Her "big guns"

Underway replenishment