US Navy's Midway-class aircraft carrier USS “Coral Sea” at Hong Kong in late 1968 or early 1969
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia
Displacements: 52,200 standard, c.64,000 full load
Length (overall): 298.4 m
Breadths: 36.9 m (hull), 72.5 m (flight deck)
Draft: 10.8 m
Engines: 4 x Westinghouse geared turbines, total 212,000 s.h.p.
Speed: 33 knots
Complement: 2,710
Aircraft: c.75
Laid down 10th August 1944
Commissioned 1st October 1947; originally designated CVB (Large Aircraft Carrier) 43.
Redesignated CVA (Attack Aircraft Carrier) 1953
Underwent modernistation at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 1956-60, during which an angled flight deck & steam catapults were fitted
Redesignated CV (Multi-purpose Aircraft Carrier) 1975
Decommissioned 30th April 1990 & sold for scrapping in May 1993
In this photo HK cross-harbour ferries are being used to take the ship's crew for shore leave