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- Code Number:
- MYND02_050
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USS Nimitz (CVN-68), Supercarrier, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, Carrier Strike Group Eleven (CSG-11), Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11)
- Namesake: FADM Chester W. Nimitz, USN
Ordered: 31/03/1967 Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Cost: $1.0 billion (1975 dollars) Laid down: 22/06/1968 Launched: 13/05/1972 Commissioned: 03/05/1975 Reclassified: CVN-68 Homeport: Naval Station Everett Motto: Teamwork, a Tradition Nickname: "Old Salt" Status: In active service, as of 2015 Class & type: Nimitz-class aircraft carrier Displacement: 100,020 tonnes (110,250 short tons) Length: Overall: 332.8 meters (1,092 feet) Waterline: 317.0 meters (1,040 feet) Beam: Overall: 76.8 meters (252 feet) Waterline: 40.8 meters (134 feet) Draft: Maximum navigational: 11.3metersm (37 feet) Limit: 12.5 meters (41 feet) Propulsion: 2 Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors 4 steam turbines, 4 shafts, 260,000 shp (194 MW) Speed: 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h) Range: Unlimited distance; 20-25 years Ship's company: 3,200 Air wing: 2,480 Sensors and processing systems: AN/SPS-48E 3-D air search radar 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 SLQ-32A(V)4 Countermeasures suite SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures Armament: 2 Sea Sparrow 2 RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile 2x PHALANX CIWS (Close-In Weapons System) Gatling guns Armor: Classified aircraft carried: 90 fixed wing and helicopters
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Aircraft Carrier, Vessel, Ship, Hull, Warship, Flatop, Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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