Specifications 4100crew 296length (m) 41.50beam (m) 10.50draught (m) 33max speed (knots) Shipyards Newport News Shipbuilding - 2 List of Ships Filter: AllUS - US Navy .......... 2 Hide Transfers Hide derivatives 19451992US NavyCVA-41USS MidwayNIIW - 4119471990US NavyCVB-43USS Coral SeaNIJA2 units Events 1943-oct-27Laid downLaid down CVA-41 USS Midway 1944-jul-10Laid downLaid down CVB-43 USS Coral Sea 1945-mar-20LaunchedLaunched CVA-41 USS Midway 1945-sep-10CommissionedCommissioned CVA-41 USS Midway 1946-apr-02LaunchedLaunched CVB-43 USS Coral Sea 1947-oct-01CommissionedCommissioned CVB-43 USS Coral Sea 1956-octDeploymentDeployment CVB-43 USS Coral Sea US 6th Fleet, operating in Eastern Mediterranean while shadowing the British and French Musketeer operations 1957-may-24RefitRefit CVB-43 USS Coral Sea Major refit at Puget Sound, completed Jan 1960 1973-sep-11DeploymentDeployment CVA-41 USS Midway departed NAS Alameda for forward deployment to Yokosuka, with CVW-5 embarked (including the SH-3G of HC-1 Det 2). 1973-oct-05HomeportHomeport CVA-41 USS Midway Yokosuka 1975-apr-30 CVA-41 USS Midway Evacuation of Saigon 1990-apr-30DecommissionedDecommissioned CVB-43 USS Coral Sea 1990-oct-20 CVA-41 USS Midway USS Midway with CVW-5 Aboard deployed for Operation Desert Storm through 17 April 1991 1991-jun-10 CVA-41 USS Midway Departed Yokosuka Japan for Operation Fiery Vigil after Mt. Pinatubo eruption in Philippines. Returned to Yokosuka Japan on 01JUL91 1992-apr-11DecommissionedDecommissioned CVA-41 USS Midway at NAS North Island 2000Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped CVB-43 USS Coral Sea scrapping delayed but commenced in 2000
Midway class