Monday, July 13, 2020

Nimitz (CVN-68)

Class overview
Name:Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
Builders:Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Operators: United States Navy
Preceded by:Kitty Hawk class and
Enterprise class
Succeeded by:Gerald R. Ford class
Subclasses:Theodore Roosevelt class and
Ronald Reagan class
Cost:Approximately US$8.5 billion
In commission:3-May-75
Planned:10
Completed:10
Active:10
General characteristics
Type:Aircraft carrier
Displacement:100,000 to 104,600 long tons (101,600–106,300 t)[1]
Length:Overall: 1,092 feet (332.8 m)
Waterline: 1,040 feet (317.0 m)
Beam:Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m)
Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m)
Draft:Maximum navigational: 37 feet (11.3 m)
Limit: 41 feet (12.5 m)
Propulsion:2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors
4 × steam turbines
4 × shafts
260,000 shp (194 MW)
Speed:30+ knots (56+ km/h; 35+ mph)
Range:Unlimited distance; 20–25 years
Complement:Ship's company: 3,532
Air wing: 2,480
Crew:6,012[2] (including airwing)
Sensors andAN/SPS-48E 3-D air search radar
processing systems:AN/SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search radar
AN/SPQ-9B target acquisition radar
AN/SPN-46 air traffic control radars
AN/SPN-43C air traffic control radar
AN/SPN-41 landing aid radars
4 × Mk 91 NSSM guidance systems
4 × Mk 95 radars
Electronic warfareAN/SLQ-32A(V)4 Countermeasures suite
& decoys:SLQ-25A Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures
Armament:16–24 × RIM-7 Sea Sparrow or NATO Sea Sparrow missiles
3 or 4 × Phalanx CIWSs or RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles
Armor:2.5 in (64 mm) Kevlar over vital spaces[3]
Aircraft carried:85–90 fixed wing and helicopters[4]

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