INDEPENDENCE
By the numbers

Commissioned	10 January 1959
Builder	New York Naval Shipyard
Length	1,070 feet (326 meters)
Flight deck area	4.1 acres (9,940 tatami)
Height from keel to mast top	229 feet (70 meters)
Displacement	80,000 tons (73,00 metric tons)
Propellers	Four, 21 feet (6.4 meters) in diameter
Anchors	Two, 30 tons (27 metric tons) each
Anchor chain length	188 fathoms (344 meters) each
Chain weight	122 tons (111 metric tons) Each
Chain links	an average link weighs 260 lbs (162 kgs)
Top speed	30+ knots (50+ kilometers) per hour
Boilers	eight
Main engines	four
Ship's service turbine generators	nine
Shaft horsepower	300.000
Elevator capacity	110,000
Laundry	200,000lbs (90,000 kgs)/month
Fresh water produced daily	380,000 gal (1,440,200 lt)
Average daily fuel consumption (underway)	120,000 gal (454,800 lt)
Meals served daily	15,000+
Telephones	2,300+
Hospital	beds, operating room, full lab, X-ray suite

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