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- Code Number:
- MYNV02P10_05B
- Title:
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Golden Gate Bridge, USS Enterprise (CVN-65), March 1984, 1980s
- Ordered: 15/11/1957
Laid down: 04/02/1958 Launched: 24/09/1960 Christened: 24/09/1960 Acquired: 29/10/1961 Commissioned: 25/11/1961 In service: 12/01/1962 (maiden voyage) Out of service: 01/12/2012 Decommissioned: 15/03/2013 Struck: 3 February 2017 Reclassified: CVN-65 Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Cost: $451.3 million Displacement: 93,284 long tons (94,781 tons) Full Load Length: 342 meters (1,123 feet) Beam: 40.5 meters (132.8 feet) (waterline) 78.4 meters (257.2 feet) (extreme) Draft: 12 meters (39 feet) Propulsion: 8 Westinghouse A2W nuclear reactors 4x Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 4 shafts 280,000 shp (210 MW) Speed: 33.6 knots (38.7 mph; 62.2 km/h) Range: Unlimited; 20-25 years Complement: 5,828 (maximum) Ship's company: 3,000 (2,700 Sailors, 150 Chiefs, 150 Officers) Air wing: 1,800 (250 pilots, and 1,550 support personnel) Sensors and processing systems: AN/SPS-48 3D air search radar AN/SPS-49 2D air search radar Electronic warfare and decoys: AN/SLQ-32 Mark 36 SRBOC Armament: 2 NATO Sea Sparrow launchers 2 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts 2x RAM launchers Armor: 20 cm (8 inch) aluminum belt (equivalent to 10 cm (4 inch) rolled homogeneous steel armor), Armored flight deck, hangar, magazines and reactor Aircraft carried: Holds up to 90, 60+ (normally) Aviation facilities: Flight deck: 342 meters (1,123 feet) Nickname: Big E Notes: 4x steam powered catapults
- Keywords:
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- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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