LPH-8 USS Valley Forge
Class: Boxer
Philadelphia Navy Yard,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania
construction started: 7 September 1945
Launched: 18 November 1945
commissioned: 3 November 1946
original designation: CV-45
converted to LPH: 1 July 1961
Shipyard: Norfolk Naval Shipyard,Portsmouth,Virginia
from: March - June 1961
FRAM II upgrade: July 1964
decommissioned and cancelled: 15 January 1970
sold for scrap: 29 October 1971
length: 888′ 270,66 m
width: 93′ 28,35 m
draught: 29′ 8,83 m
Operating area dimensions
length: 888′ 270.66 m
width: 147.5′ 44.95 m
Displacement
standard: 27,100 tonnes
maximum: 38,000 tonnes
Propulsion
Boilers: 4 Babcock & Wilcox
Turbines: 4 Westinghouse
output: 75 000 shp
speed: 8 000 n.miles / 15 knots
speed: 25 knots
Armour
sides: 2"-3" 50.8-76 mm
Deck: 1" 25.4 mm
Hangar area: 2.5" 63.5 mm
Flight area: 0.50" 12.7 mm
Armament
6x127 mm 5"/38 ( 2xII , 2xI )
Number of helicopters carried
30 helicopters
Number of troops carried
1 400 men
Crew
1 200 men
Class: Boxer
Philadelphia Navy Yard,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania
construction started: 7 September 1945
Launched: 18 November 1945
commissioned: 3 November 1946
original designation: CV-45
converted to LPH: 1 July 1961
Shipyard: Norfolk Naval Shipyard,Portsmouth,Virginia
from: March - June 1961
FRAM II upgrade: July 1964
decommissioned and cancelled: 15 January 1970
sold for scrap: 29 October 1971
length: 888′ 270,66 m
width: 93′ 28,35 m
draught: 29′ 8,83 m
Operating area dimensions
length: 888′ 270.66 m
width: 147.5′ 44.95 m
Displacement
standard: 27,100 tonnes
maximum: 38,000 tonnes
Propulsion
Boilers: 4 Babcock & Wilcox
Turbines: 4 Westinghouse
output: 75 000 shp
speed: 8 000 n.miles / 15 knots
speed: 25 knots
Armour
sides: 2"-3" 50.8-76 mm
Deck: 1" 25.4 mm
Hangar area: 2.5" 63.5 mm
Flight area: 0.50" 12.7 mm
Armament
6x127 mm 5"/38 ( 2xII , 2xI )
Number of helicopters carried
30 helicopters
Number of troops carried
1 400 men
Crew
1 200 men