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Nimitz Class




Name Builders Laid down Launched Commissioned
CVN70 Carl Vinson N 11th October 1975 15th March 1980 13th March 1982
CVN68 Chester W. Nimitz N 22nd June 1968 13th May 1972 3rd May 1975
CVN69 Dwight D. Eisenhower N 15th August 1970 11th October 1975 18th October 1977


Builders:
N : Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, United States

Dimensions:
1092' x 133' 8" x 37' / 332.80m x 40.80m x 11.27m

Displacement:
81600 tons std / 91500 tons max

Complement:
3105 crew
2885 airgroup
72 marines

Armament:
4 x Vulcan Phalanx CIWS
3 x Mk29 octuple Sea Sparrow SAM launchers

Aircraft Facilities:
The flightdeck measures 1092' x 252' 6". The usual complement of aircraft is between 90 and 100, 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:
Two Westinghouse A2W PWR reactors are fitted along with four General Electric steam turbines providing a total of 280000shp.

Maximum speed is 30+kts.

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
SPS43 aircraft control SPS48E air search
SPS49 V5 2D air search
SPS64 navigation
SPS67 surface search 3 x Mk95 fire control

Sonar:
None carried.

Other:
3 x Mk91 Sea Sparrow fire control
SLQ32 V4 ESM suite

Miscellaneous:
Four SRBOC decoy launchers and a SLQ-36 Nixie towed torpedo decoy are fitted.