Presidential Unit Citation
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Navy Unit Commendation (Six Awards)
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Three Awards)
Navy "E" Ribbon (Two Awards)
Navy Expenditionary Medal (Four Awards)
National Defense Service Medal (Three Awards)
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Sixteen Awards)
Vietnam Service Medal (Seventeen Awards)
Southwest Asia Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal (One Award)
Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (Eighteen Awards)
Navy/Marine Corps Overseas Service Medal (Ten Awards)
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation
UNIT AWARDS
Ship's Awards
Commissioned:
29-Apr-61
Width:
282 feet (86m)
Engines:
4
Crew (With Airwing):
2,800 (5,300)
Total Height Above Waterline:
201 feet
Fuel Capacity:
2,000,000 gallons (7,600,000 liters)
Max Length of Anchor Chain:
1,080 feet (327.6 m)
Flight Deck Area:
4.1 acres
Closed Circuit Television:
Six channels
Average Soda Consumption Daily:
5,040 cans
Supply Items Carried:
60,000
Public Works Force:
300 personnel
Number of ATMs:
Four (Navy-specific)
Arresting Gear:
Four
Elevator Lifting Capacity:
130,000 pounds each (58,500 kg)
Sea Sparrow Launchers:
Two, eight missiles each
M-60 Gun Mounts:
Two
Operating Rooms and Triage Areas:
Six
Chaplains:
Three
Ship's Retail Stores:
Two
Eggs Served Daily Underway:
9,600 - 12,000
Builders:
New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, N.J.
Average Displacement:
81,788 tons (74,197 metric tons)
Boilers:
8
Total Cost to build:
$265,200,000 in 1961
Total Number of Decks & Levels:
8 decks (down) and 11 levels (up)
Anchors:
Two - 30 tons each (27.3 mt)
Propellers:
Four, 21 feet wide (7m)
Hangar Bay Area:
1.6 acres
Worldwide Satellite Capability:
12 channels
Water Distilled Daily:
380,000 gallons (1,444,000 L)
Pounds of Cargo Received Daily:
18,000
Number of Pay Accounts:
5,500
Number of Catapults:
Four (Steam Powered )
Effective Landing Area:
120 feet (36.4 m)
General Quarters Repair Lockers:
Eleven
Close-in Weapons System (CIWS) Mounts:
Two batteries, 1,500 rounds each
Dentists:
Five
Hospital Beds:
65
Worship Services Held Weekly:
21
Barber Shops:
Two
Loaves of Bread Baked Daily Underway:
900 loaves
Length:
1,069 Feet (326m)
Speed:
30 knots plus (56kph)
Aircraft Capacity:
75 plus
Draft:
38 feet (12m)
Electrical System Capacity:
14,000,000 watts
Weight of Anchor Links:
360 pounds each (162 kg)
Estimated Number of Spaces:
2,400+
Telephone/Computers:
2,400 / 1,500
Meals Served Underway:
17,000 plus
Exercise Facilities:
Five
Average Annual Payroll:
$145,000,000
Catapult Length
263 feet (79.7 m)
Aircraft Elevators:
Four
Rolling Airframe Missile Launchers:
Two, 21 missiles each
.50-cal Gun Mounts:
Nine
Physicians and Surgeons:
Six
Lawyers:
Two
Laundry:
One
Post Office:
One
Pounds of Mail Processed Daily:
2,500 pounds (1,125 kg)