Editing Midway-class aircraft carrier (section)

{{Short description|Class of American aircraft carriers}}
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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = USS Midway (CVB-41) steaming off the Firth of Clyde in September 1952.jpg
| Ship caption = USS ''Midway'' before [[Flight Deck|SCB-110]] upgrade
}}
{{Infobox ship class overview
| Name = ''Midway'' class
| Builders = *[[Newport News Shipbuilding]]
* [[New York Navy Yard]]
| Operators = {{naval|United States}}
| Class before = {{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier|4}}
| Class after = * {{sclass|Forrestal|aircraft carrier|4}}
| Subclasses = USS Coral Sea
| Cost = 
| Built range = 27 October 1943 – 2 April 1946
| In service range = 
| In commission range = 10 September 1945 – 11 April 1992
| Total ships building = 
| Total ships planned = 6
| Total ships completed = 3
| Total ships cancelled = 3
| Total ships active = 
| Total ships laid up = 
| Total ships lost = 
| Total ships retired = 3
| Total ships preserved = 1
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
| Hide header = 
| Header caption = 
| Ship type = [[Aircraft carrier]]
| Ship displacement = *{{convert|45000|LT|t|0|lk=on}} (standard)
*{{convert|60000|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} ([[full load]]) <ref name="Ships Specifications">{{cite web |last1=Dorais |first1=Bob |title=UNDERWAY Ships Specifications|url=https://www.usscoralsea.net/specs.php |website=www.usscoralsea.net |access-date=15 April 2022 |ref=23}}</ref>
| Ship length = {{ubl|{{convert|968|ft|m|abbr=on}} overall|
{{convert|901|ft|m|abbr=on}} waterline|
{{convert|924|ft|m|abbr=on}} flight deck}}
| Ship beam = *{{convert|121|ft|m|abbr=on}} Waterline
* {{convert|136|ft|m|abbr=on}} Overall
| Ship height = 
| Ship draft = {{convert|33|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship power = 12 Babcock and Wilcox boilers
| Ship propulsion = *[[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] [[Steam turbine]]s
* {{convert|212000|shp|abbr=on}}
| Ship speed = {{convert|33|kn|lk=in}}
| Ship range = 
| Ship endurance = 
| Ship complement = 4,104
| Ship sensors = *'''As Built''':
*1 × SC-2 Surveillance Radar
*2 × SG Surface Search Radars (On top Mark-37 GFCS)
*1 × SK-2 Air Search Radars
*2 × Mk-37 GFCS
| Ship EW = *'''As Built''':
*1 × TDY-2 ECM (Anti-Radar)
| Ship armament = *'''Original armament of Midway and Franklin D. Rosevelt:'''
* 18 × [[5"/54 caliber Mark 16 gun|{{convert|5|in|mm|abbr=on|0}}/54 caliber guns]]
* 21 × quad [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|40 mm Bofors gun]]
* 28 × twin [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20 mm Oerlikon cannon]] 
*'''Original armament of Coral Sea:'''
* 14 × [[5"/54 caliber Mark 16 gun|{{convert|5|in|mm|abbr=on|0}}/54 caliber guns]]
* 20 × twin [[3"/50 caliber gun]]s
* 14 × twin [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon]]s
* '''Refit armament:'''
* 2 × 8-cell [[RIM-7 Sparrow|Sea Sparrow]] launchers
* 2 × Mark 71 mod 0 [[Phalanx CIWS]]
| Ship armour = 
| Ship armor = *Portside Belt: 7.6 inch
*Starboard Belt: 7 inch
*Lower Edge and Upper Belt: 1.96 inch
*Flight Deck: 3.5 inch
*Hangar Deck: 2 inch
*Main Deck: 2 inch
| Ship aircraft = Up to 130 (1940s–50s), 65–70 (1980s)
| Ship aircraft facilities = *'''Original Aviation Facilities:'''
* 2 Centerline Aircraft Elevators
* 1 Deck Edge Elevator
* 2 Aircraft Catapults
* 2 Hangar Decks
*'''1950s Modernizations:'''
* 1 Centerline Aircraft Elevator
* 2 Deck Edge Elevators
* 3 Steam Catapults
* Angled Flight Deck
*'''1970s Modernizations for USS Midway:'''
* 3 Deck Edge Aircraft Elevators
* 2 Steam Catapults
* Enlarged Angled Flight Deck
| Ship notes = 
}}
|}
[[File:USS FD Roosevelt (CVA-42) after refit 1969.jpeg|thumb|''Franklin D. Roosevelt'' under way in 1969]]

The '''''Midway'' class''' was a [[ship class|class]] of three [[United States Navy]] [[aircraft carrier]]s. The [[lead ship]], {{USS|Midway|CV-41|6}}, was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] in September 1945 and [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] in 1992. {{USS|Franklin D. Roosevelt|CV-42|6}} was commissioned in October 1945, and taken out of service in 1977.<ref>[http://www.gonavy.jp/CV-CV42f.html Go Navy, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt]</ref> {{USS|Coral Sea|CV-43|6}} was commissioned in April 1947, and decommissioned in 1990.<ref>[http://usscoralsea.net/ USS Coral Sea USS CORAL SEA TRIBUTE SITE]</ref>