Aircraft Carriers - CV, CVN, CVNX
General Characteristics, Nimitz Class
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Va.
Power Plant: Two nuclear reactors, four shafts
Length, overall: 1,092 feet (332.85 meters)
Flight Deck Width: 252 feet (76.8 meters)
Beam: 134 feet (40.84 meters)
Displacement: Approx. 97,000 tons (98,556.67 metric tons) full load
Speed: 30+ knots (34.5+ miles per hour)
Aircraft: 85
Cost: about $4.5 billion each
Ships:
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USS Nimitz (CVN 68),
Norfolk, Va.
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN
69), Norfolk, Va.
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71),
Norfolk, Va.
USS George Washington (CVN
73), Norfolk, Va.
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN
75), Norfolk, Va.
Crew: Ship's Company: 3,200 - Air Wing: 2,480
Armament: Two or three (depending on modification) NATO Sea
Sparrow launchers, 20mm Phalanx
CIWS mounts: (3 on Nimitz and Dwight D. Eisenhower and 4 on Vinson
and later ships of the class.)
Date Deployed: May 3, 1975 (USS Nimitz)
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