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Nimitz Class CVNs
Technical Data (USS Nimitz)
Length (waterline): 317m
Beam: 40.8m
Draught: 11.3m(CVN 68, 70) 11.8(CVN 71) 11.9 (CVN 72~)
Flight deck length: 332.9m
Flight deck (angled): 237.7m
Flight Deck Width: 76.8m
Displacement Fully Loaded: 91487t(CVN 68-70) 96386t(CVN 71) 102000t (CVN 72~)
Compliment: 6290
Armament: X3 GMLS Mk-29 octuple Seasparrow SAMs (RAM to be fitted 1999~2005) X4 20mm Mk-15 Vulcan Phalanx CIWS (3 in first two units).
Decoys: 4X Loral Hycor SRBOC 6-barrel fixed Mk-36. SSTDS; SLQ-36 Nixie (phase I)
Speed: 30.0+kts
Radars:
Air search: ITT SPS-48E 3D, Raytheon SPS-49(V)5, Hughes Mk-23 TAS
Surf Search: Norden SPS-67V.
Navigation: Raytheon SPS-64(V)9, Furuno 900
Fire Control: 6X Mk-95 (SAM FCS)
Propulsion: 2 A4W Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactors with engines that generate 260000hp
Fixed wing Aircraft:50 TACAIR Airwing . Including up to 20 Grumman F-14D Tomcat, 36 McD F/A-18E Hornet, 4 Grumman EA-6B Prowler (EW), 4 Grumman E-2C Hawkeye, 6 Lockhead S-3B Viking ASW/ASV, 2 ES-3A Shadow ELINT
Helicopters: 4 Sikorsky SH-60F Seahawk LAMPS-ASW, 2 HH-60H Seahawk (strike, spec warfare support and SAR).
# In Service: 9 Planned: 10
Class: CVN 68 Nimitz, CVN 69 Eisenhower, CVN 70 Carl Vinson, CVN 71 Theodore Rooselvelt, CVN 72 Abraham Lincon, CVN 73 George Washington, CVN 74 John C. Stennis, CVN 75 Harry S. Truman, CVN 77 Ronald Reagan
The Nimitz class of nuclear powered Aircraft Carriers (CVN) are among the most powerful surface units afloat today and are the main punch of the U.S Navy. The true forceful negotiators of the freeworld. They are the result of years of Aircraft Carrier devalopment and incorporate the latest naval technology to achieve a self-sustained warship with an airwing greater than most small airforces. At a cost of US\\$600m each, they take several years to build and can deter a hostile nation from beginning a conflict. The flight deck, over four and a half acres is large enough to play golf on! The ship's defensive systems include several eight-cell Sea-Sparrow SAMs and the famous 20mm Vulcan Phalanax CIWS, which can easily destroy the latest generation of Anti-Ship missiles and has been sold to many nations around the world. The ship's main defence against submarines lies in it's escorting Cruisers, Destroyers, Frigates and Attack-Subs in the Carrier-Battle Group (CBG) but the ASW Aircraft carried by the Nimitz class would prove to be a major annoyance to any hostile submarine skipper. After the Nimitz commissioned in 1972, Nimitz and other members of her class have seen service in The Persian Gulf War in 1992, where their aircraft were one of the main factors that drove Saddam to surrender a few months after the conflict started. The mere presence of these giants drives many violent nations into silent submission every year.