Preceded by:
Enterprise (1962)Succeeded by:
Ford (2017)Class | Nimitz | Theodore Roosevelt | Ronald Reagan |
Type | Nuclear Carrier | Nuclear Carrier | Nuclear Carrier |
Year | 1975 | 1986 | 2003 |
Crew | 5621 | 5930 | 5930 |
Dimensions | |||
Length | 317.1 m (pp) 331.7 m | 317.1 m (pp) 331.7 m | 317.1 m (pp) 331.7 m |
Beam | 40.8 m - 78.5 m (d) | 40.8 m - 78.5 m (d) | 40.8 m - 78.5 m (d) |
Draught | 11.2 m | 11.2 m | 11.2 m |
Displacement | |||
Empty | 91,440 t | 102,000 t | 104,600 t |
Loaded | ? | ? | ? |
Performance | |||
Speed | 56 km/h | 56 km/h | 56 km/h |
Range | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Machinery | |||
Shafts | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Turbines | 4 x Steam turbine 260,000 hp Westinghouse A4W | 4 x Steam turbine 260,000 hp Westinghouse A4W | 4 x Steam turbine 260,000 hp Westinghouse A4W |
Boilers | 2 x Westinghouse A4W | 2 x Westinghouse A4W | 2 x Westinghouse A4W |
Fuel | Nuclear | Nuclear | Nuclear |
Armament | |||
Anti-Aircraft | 4 x 20-mm (1 x 4) Phalanx CIWS | 4 x 20-mm (1 x 4) Phalanx CIWS | 2 x 20-mm (1 x 4) Phalanx CIWS |
AA Weapons | RIM-7 (3 x 8) | RIM-7 (3 x 8) | RIM-7 (2 x 8) RIM-116 (2 x 21) |
Armor | |||
Machinery | 64 mm | 64 mm | 64 mm |
Sensors | |||
Radar | AN/SPS-48E AN/SPS-49 AN/SPS-67 AN/SPS-64 AN/SPN-46 | AN/SPS-48E AN/SPS-49 AN/SPS-67 AN/SPS-64 AN/SPN-46 | AN/SPS-48E AN/SPS-49 AN/SPS-67 AN/SPS-64 AN/SPN-46 |
Aircraft | |||
Aircraft | 80-90 | 80-90 | 80-90 |
Production | |||
Built | 3 | 6 | 2 |
Total | 10 |
Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
Nimitz | CVAN-68 | Newport News SB | 22/06/1968 | 13/05/1972 | 03/05/1975 | - | Active | ||
Dwight D. Eisenhower | CVN-69 | Newport News SB | 15/08/1970 | 11/10/1975 | 18/10/1977 | - | Active | ||
Carl Vinson | CVN-70 | Newport News SB | 11/10/1975 | 15/03/1980 | 13/03/1982 | - | Active | ||
Nimitz (Theodore Roosevelt): | |||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt | CVN-71 | Newport News SB | 31/10/1981 | 27/10/1984 | 25/10/1986 | - | Active | ||
Abraham Lincoln | CVN-72 | Newport News SB | 03/11/1984 | 13/02/1988 | 11/11/1989 | - | Active | ||
George Washington | CVN-73 | Newport News SB | 25/08/1986 | 21/07/1990 | 04/07/1992 | - | Active | ||
John C. Stennis | CVN-74 | Newport News SB | 13/03/1991 | 11/11/1993 | 09/12/1995 | - | Active | ||
Harry S. Truman | CVN-75 | Newport News SB | 29/11/1993 | 07/09/1996 | 25/07/1998 | - | Active | ||
Nimitz (Ronald Reagan): | |||||||||
Ronald Reagan | CVN-76 | Northrop Grumman SB | 12/02/1998 | 04/03/2001 | 12/07/2003 | - | Active | ||
George H.W. Bush | CVN-77 | Northrop Grumman SB | 06/09/2003 | 09/10/2006 | 10/01/2009 | - | Active |