

| SPECIFICATIONS & FACTS | 1947 | 1990 |
| Length overall | 968 feet | 973 feet |
| Length of Flight Deck | 932 feet | - |
| Breadth at widest point | 136 feet | - |
| Extreme width of Flight Deck | 113 feet | - |
| Beam | - | 120 feet |
| Depth from centerline Flight Deck | 84 feet | - |
| Standard displacement | 45,000 tons | 67,000 tons |
| Full load displacement | 60,000 tons | - |
| Draft | 35 feet | - |
| Shaft horsepower | 200,000 | - |
| Rated speed in knots - over | 33 knots | 33 knots |
| Number of aircraft carried | 125 | 66 |
| Number of crew - over | 3,500 | - |
| Monthly payroll | $1,650,000 | - |
| Meals served each day - over | - | 14,000 |
| Weight of steel hull at launching | 30,000 tons | - |
| Total weight at launching | 42,462 tons | - |
| Weld metal deposited | 1,100,000 pounds | - |
| Miles of firehose | 300 | - |
| Miles of welding | 2000 | - |
| Pieces of steel used in construction | 216,000 | - |
| Compartments and spaces | 1,750 | 2,500 |
| Number of telephones | 2000 | - |
| Number of loud speakers | 600 | - |
| Number of electric motors | 2000 | - |
| Number of electric lamps | 11,500 | - |
| Miles of tubing in boilers | 230 | 230 |
| Miles of electric cable | 242 | - |
| Miles of copper conductors | 2,500 | 230 |
| Number of electric water coolers | 56 | - |
| Length of shafting used | 1/4 mile | - |
| Equivalent locomotive power | 140 | - |
| Generate electricity for city population | 1,000,000 | - |
| Fuel oil carried would heat for one year | 3,000 homes | - |
| Evaporators capacity could supply | 1,400 homes | - |
| Number of drawings | 5,600 | - |
| Main Battery of 5in/54 guns | 14 | 0 |
| Number of 3in/50 guns | 40 | 0 |
| Number of 20mm guns | 28 | 0 |
| Phalanx CIWS | 0 | 3 |