USS Midway
Banquet on the USS Midway (Thurs. July 5th):
Please note that the banquet will be on the deck of the Midway in the evening. It could be fairly cool on the water. Please bring some extra clothing (coat, sweater, etc.) in case you need it.
San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum
Bus Pickup Area
The bus pickup area for this event will be in front of the Atlas Ballroom in the curved driveway. Click here for a map.
USS Midway by the Numbers
Ship
- $260 million overhaul, 1966-70
- $90 million to build in 1945
- 225,000 men served aboard
- 212,000 horsepower
- 69,000 tons total weight
- 2,000 feet of anchor chain
- 2,000 compartments
- 2,000 electric motors
- 1,500 telephones
- 1,001 feet long
- 327 days at sea: all-time record
- 258 feet wide
- 47 years' service: all-time record
- 20-ton anchors
- 18-foot tall propellers
- 18 decks
- 12 boilers
- 4.02 acre flight deck
- 3-inch thick flight deck |
Fuel
- 3.4-million gallon capacity
- 100,000 gallons used daily
- 260 gallons used per mile
Crew
- 600 men in engineering
- 225 cooks
- 200 pilots
- 40 corpsmen
- 2 physicians
- 1 dentist
- 40 skippers in 47 years
Logistics
- 10 tons of food daily
- 13,500 meals served daily
- 3,000 potatoes daily
- 1,000 loaves of bread daily
- 4,500 lbs beef when served
- 500 pies when served |
|
