USS Randolph underway on 25 October 1959
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| History |
 United States |
| Name |
Randolph |
| Namesake |
Peyton Randolph |
| Builder |
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Laid down |
10 May 1943 |
| Launched |
28 June 1944 |
| Commissioned |
9 October 1944 |
| Decommissioned |
25 February 1948 |
| Recommissioned |
1 July 1953 |
| Decommissioned |
13 February 1969 |
| Reclassified |
- CVA-15, 1 October 1952
- CVS-15, 31 March 1959
|
| Stricken |
1 June 1973 |
| Fate |
Scrapped, 24 May 1975 |
| General characteristics |
| Class & type |
Essex-class aircraft carrier |
| Displacement |
27,100 long tons (27,500 t) standard |
| Length |
888 feet (271 m) overall |
| Beam |
93 feet (28 m) |
| Draft |
28 feet 7 inches (8.71 m) |
| Installed power |
- 8 × boilers
- 150,000 shp (110 MW)
|
| Propulsion |
|
| Speed |
33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Complement |
3448 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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| Armor |
- Belt: 4 in (102 mm)
- Hangar deck: 2.5 in (64 mm)
- Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm)
- Conning tower: 1.5 inch
|
| Aircraft carried |
90–100 aircraft |
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