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Old 11-23-2017, 01:28 PM  
EddyTheDog
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Originally Posted by pornguy View Post
Pretty Much.

Class and type: Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 104,112 long tons (105,783 t)[1]
Length:

Overall: 1,092 feet (332.8 m)
Waterline: 1,040 feet (317.0 m)

Beam: Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m)
Draft:

Maximum navigational: 37 ft (11.3 m)
Limit: 41 ft (12.5 m)

Propulsion:

2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors
4 × steam turbines
4 × shafts
260,000 shp (194 MW)

Speed: 30+ knots (56+ km/h; 35+ mph)
Range: Unlimited distance; 20?25 years
Complement:

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

Electronic warfare
& decoys:

SLQ-32A(V)4 Countermeasures suite
SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures

Armament:

2 × Mk 57 Mod 3 Sea Sparrow
2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
2 × Phalanx CIWS

Armor: Classified
Aircraft carried: 90 fixed wing and helicopters
Let me get this right - There are 3200 men bobbing around on a huge ship and they might not see females for years?..

Interesting.....
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