USS Coral Sea

E654435

USS Coral Sea was a U.S. Navy Midway-class aircraft carrier that served prominently during the Cold War, including in major operations such as the failed 1980 Iran hostage rescue attempt.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
USS Coral Sea canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Midway-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
aircraft carrier ⓘ
airWing Carrier Air Wing 14 ⓘ
Carrier Air Wing 15 ⓘ
awards Battle Efficiency Award ⓘ
Meritorious Unit Commendation ⓘ
Navy Unit Commendation ⓘ
beam about 113 feet at waterline ⓘ
builder Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ
class Midway class ⓘ
commissioned 1947-10-01 ⓘ
conflict Cold War naval operations ⓘ
Korean War era operations ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crewComplement over 4000 personnel ⓘ
decommissioned 1990-04-26 ⓘ
displacement about 45000 tons standard ⓘ
over 60000 tons full load ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
flightDeckType angled flight deck ⓘ
homeport Naval Air Station Alameda ⓘ
Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ
hullNumber CV-43 ⓘ
CVA-43 ⓘ
CVB-43 ⓘ
laidDown 1944-07-10 ⓘ
launched 1947-04-02 ⓘ
length about 968 feet ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 33 knots ⓘ
namedAfter Battle of the Coral Sea ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Coral Sea
Navy United States Navy ⓘ
nickname Ageless Warrior ⓘ
notableAircraftOperated A-6 Intruder ⓘ
A-7 Corsair II ⓘ
F-4 Phantom II ⓘ
F/A-18 Hornet ⓘ
operation Operation Eagle Claw ⓘ
Operation Frequent Wind ⓘ
linked to: Fall of Saigon
operator United States Navy ⓘ
primaryTheater Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
propulsion conventional steam turbines ⓘ
oil-fired boilers ⓘ
roleInOperation Eagle Claw provided air cover and support for the 1980 Iran hostage rescue attempt ⓘ
scrapped 1993 ⓘ
serviceEntryEra post–World War II ⓘ
sisterShip USS Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
USS Midway ⓘ
linked to: USS Midway (CV-41)
status scrapped ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Eagle Claw → launchPlatform → USS Coral Sea ⓘ