Nimitz class supercarrier
Class Overview
Class Type	Supercarrier
Class Name	In honor of Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz
Preceded By	Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier, John F. Kennedy-class supercarrier
Succeeded By	CVNX/CVN-21
Ships of the Class:	Nimitz, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Carl Vinson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, John C. Stennis, Harry S. Truman, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush

The Nimitz class supercarriers are the largest warships in the world. All of the ships in this class are nuclear-powered carrier vessels. These ships are numbered with consecutive hull numbers starting with CVN 68. The letters "CVN" denote the type of ship: CV or Cruiser Aviation denoting that they are Aircraft Carriers, and N to indicate nuclear-powered propulsion. The number after the "CVN" means that this is the 68th "CV", or aircraft carrier. Image File history File links PD Navy photo of USS Nimitz (CVN-68) at sea near the Persian Gulf 12 Oct 1997, cropped from http://www. ... Jump to: navigation, search USS , a typical supercarrier, and HMS Illustrious, a light V/STOL aircraft carrier on a joint patrol. ... A Fleet Admiral is a generic term for a senior admiral in command of a large group of ships, comprising a Fleet or, in some cases, a group of Fleets. ... Chester Nimitz Chester William Nimitz (February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966) was the Commander in Chief of Pacific Forces for the United States and Allied forces during World War II. He was the nations leading authority on submarines, as well as Chief of the Navys Bureau of Navigation... The Kitty Hawk class supercarriers of the United States Navy were an incremental improvement on the Forrestal-class vessels. ... USS (CVA/CV-67) (or Big John) is a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. ... Jump to: navigation, search The CVN-21 (21st Century Aircraft Carrier) is the next generation supercarrier for the United States Navy. ... Jump to: navigation, search USS , a typical supercarrier, and HMS Illustrious, a light V/STOL aircraft carrier on a joint patrol. ... USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga class cruiser. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945 lifted nuclear fallout some 18 km (60,000 feet) above the epicenter. ... Jump to: navigation, search An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. ...

Nimitz (CVN-68), the lead ship of the class, was commissioned in 1975. As of 2004, George H. W. Bush (CVN-77), the tenth and last of the class, is being built by Northrop Grumman Newport News and will enter service in 2008. Bush will be the first transition ship to a new class of carriers (CVN-21) to start construction in 2007 and will incorporate new technologies including a new multi-function radar system, volume search radar and open architecture information network, and a significantly reduced crew requirement. To lower costs some new technologies were incorporated into Ronald Reagan, though not nearly as many as will be involved with Bush. ‹The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... USS (CVN-77) is the planned name of the tenth Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy. ... The Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of a 1994 merger between Northrop and Grumman. ... The newly constructed USS Birmingham is launched from the Newport News yards in 1942 Northrop Grumman Newport News, formerly called Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company (NNS), is the largest privately owned shipyard in the United States and the only one that can build Nimitz-class supercarriers. ... Jump to: navigation, search Leap year starting on Tuesday // Predicted events FIFA will announce the host country to celebrate the 2014 FIFA World Cup January-June January 15 - NASAs MESSENGER spacecraft makes the first of three flybys of Mercury. ... Jump to: navigation, search The CVN-21 (21st Century Aircraft Carrier) is the next generation supercarrier for the United States Navy. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This long range radar antenna (approximately 40m (130ft) in diameter) rotates on a track to observe activities near the horizon. ... ‹The template below has been proposed for deletion. ...

Because of construction differences between the first three ships (Nimitz, Eisenhower and Vinson) and the latter seven (from Theodore Roosevelt on), the latter ships are sometimes called Theodore Roosevelt-class aircraft carriers, though the U.S. Navy officially holds no difference between the two groups. USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) is the fourth Nimitz-class supercarrier. ... Jump to: navigation, search The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ...

By tonnage, Nimitz class compose by far the largest class of carriers ever built. When Bush is completed, the ten ships of the class will total just under a million tons combined displacement.

Nimitz was the first to undergo its initial refueling during a 33-month Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia, in 1998. The newly constructed USS Birmingham is launched from the Newport News yards in 1942 Northrop Grumman Newport News, formerly called Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company (NNS), is the largest privately owned shipyard in the United States and the only one that can build Nimitz-class supercarriers. ... Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia from space, July 1996 Newport News is an independent city located in Virginia. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

General characteristics

• Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia
• Power Plant: Two A4W reactors, four shafts
• Length: 333 m (1092 ft) overall
• Flight Deck Width: 76.8 m (252 ft)
• Beam: 41 m (134 ft)
• Displacement: 97,000 tons (98,600 metric tons) full load, on par with current cruise ships though roughly 50% less than the largest in service and under construction
• Speed: 30+ knots (56+ km/h) — Though actual top speeds are generally withheld for security purposes, in June 1999, the USN publicly released these trial speeds:
  • Nimitz: 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h)
  • Roosevelt: 31.3 knots (58.0 km/h)
  • Truman: 30.9 knots (57.2 km/h)
• Aircraft: 85
  • Intended to operate aircraft currently including the F/A-18_Hornet, EA-6B Prowler, E-2 Hawkeye, SH/HH-60 Seahawk, and S-3 Viking for many missions including self defense, land attack and maritime strike.
• Cost: about US$4.5 billion each
• Crew: Ship's Company: 3,200 — Air Wing: 2,480
• Armament:
  • NATO Sea Sparrow launchers: two or three (depending on modification)
  • 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts: Three on Nimitz and Eisenhower and four on Vinson and later ships of the class
  • RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile: Two on Nimitz and Reagan, will be refit to other ships as they return for RCOH.
• Date Deployed: 3 May 1975 (Nimitz)

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Ships

• Nimitz (CVN-68), San Diego, California
• Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), Newport News, Virginia
• Carl Vinson (CVN-70), Norfolk, Virginia
• Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), Norfolk, Virginia
• Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), Everett, Washington
• George Washington (CVN-73), Norfolk, Virginia
• John C. Stennis (CVN-74), Bremerton, Washington
• Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), Norfolk, Virginia
• Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), San Diego, California
• George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) (under construction, Newport News, Virginia)

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