 The ship was 808 feet 6 inches ( 246 @.@ 43 m ) long overall and had a beam of 91 ft 1 in ( 27 @.@ 76 m ) and a draft of 31 ft 10 in ( 9 @.@ 70 m ) . She displaced 29 @,@ 779 long tons ( 30 @,@ 257 t ) as designed and up to 34 @,@ 253 long tons ( 34 @,@ 803 t ) at full combat load . The ship was powered by four @-@ shaft General Electric geared steam turbines and eight oil @-@ fired Babcock & Wilcox boilers rated at 150 @,@ 000 shaft horsepower ( 110 @,@ 000 kW ) , generating a top speed of 33 knots ( 61 km / h ; 38 mph ) . The ship had a cruising range of 12 @,@ 000 nautical miles ( 22 @,@ 000 km ; 14 @,@ 000 mi ) at a speed of 15 kn ( 28 km / h ; 17 mph ) . She carried four OS2U Kingfisher or SC Seahawk seaplanes , with a pair of steam catapults mounted amidships . 
