Builders:
N : Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, United States
Dimensions:
1101' x 132' 9" x 37' / 335.58m x 40.50m x 11.27m
Displacement:
75700 tons std / 93300 tons max
Complement:
3000 crew
2625 airgroup
72 marines
Armament:
None
Aircraft Facilities:
The flightdeck measures 1101' x 255'. The usual complement of aircraft is between 85 and 90, made up of
F-14 Tomcats, F/A-18 Hornets, EA-6B Prowlers, E2C Hawkeyes, SH3 SeaKings and SH60 SeaHawks. Four
elevators are provided along with four steam catapults.
Armour:
None known.
Powerplant:
Eight Westinghouse A2W PWR reactors are fitted along with four General Electric steam turbines
providing a total of 260000shp.
Maximum speed is 30+kts.
Electronics Fit:
Radar:
SPS32 3D air search
SPS33 3D air search
SPS48E air search
SPS64 navigation
SPS67 surface search
Sonar:
None carried.
Other:
N/A
Miscellaneous:
Four SRBOC decoy launchers and a SLQ-36 Nixie towed torpedo decoy are fitted.