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Enterprise Class




Name Builders Laid down Launched Commissioned
CVN65 Enterprise N 4th February 1958 24th September 1960 25th November 1961


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.