USS Iwo Jima (CV-46)

USS Iwo Jima under construction
History
United States
Name	Iwo Jima
Namesake	Battle of Iwo Jima
Ordered	14 June 1943
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co
Laid down	1945
Stricken	1949
Identification	Hull number: CV-46
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Essex-class aircraft carrier
Displacement	27,100 long tons (27,500 t) (standard) 36,380 long tons (36,960 t) (full load)
Length	820 feet (249.9 m) (waterline) 872 feet (265.8 m) (o/a)
Beam	93 ft (28.3 m) (waterline)
Draft	34 ft 2 in (10.41 m) (full load)
Propulsion	4 × shafts; 4 × geared steam turbines
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	14,100 nmi (26,100 km; 16,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	2,600 officers and enlisted men
Armament	4 × twin, 4 × single 5 in (127 mm) DP guns 8 × quadruple 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns 46 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns
Armor	Waterline belt: 2.5–4 in (64–102 mm) Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm) Hangar deck: 2.5 in (64 mm) Bulkheads: 4 in (102 mm)
Aircraft carried	91–103 aircraft

USS Iwo Jima (CV-46) was a planned Essex-class aircraft carrier for the United States Navy. Newport News Shipbuilding^[1] began construction of the vessel in early 1945, but on August 12, with the end of World War II, the Navy cancelled the contract.^[2] She remained in an unfinished state until 1949, when her hull was scrapped in the slipway in Newport News before ever being launched.^[3]

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Bibliography[]

• Polmar, Norman (2008). Aircraft Carriers: A History of Carrier Aviation and its Influence on World Events, Volume II 1946-2006. Dulles, VA: Potomac Books. ISBN 9781574886658.

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