Nimitz Class CVN

Nimitz Class CVN (Aircraft Carrier, Nuclear-powered) – 10 units

CVN-68 – Nimitz – Commissioned: 1975 – №: 1 – Homeport: Bremerton

CVN-69 – Dwight D. Eisenhower – Commissioned: 1977 – №: 2 – Homeport: Norfolk

CVN-70 – Carl Vinson – Commissioned: 1982 – №: 3 – Homeport: San Diego

CVN-71 – Theodore Roosevelt – Commissioned: 1986 – №: 4 – Homeport: Norfolk

CVN-72 – Abraham Lincoln – Commissioned: 1989 – №: 5 – Homeport: Newport News

CVN-73 – George Washington – Commissioned: 1992 – №: 6 – Homeport: Yokosuka

CVN-74 – John C. Stennis – Commissioned: 1995 – №: 7 – Homeport: Bremerton

CVN-75 – Harry S. Truman – Commissioned: 1998 – №: 8 – Homeport: Norfolk

CVN-76 – Ronald Reagan – Commissioned: 2003 – №: 9 – Homeport: San Diego

CVN-77 – George H.W. Bush – Commissioned: 2009 – №: 10 – Homeport: Norfolk

Displacement: 101,600 to 106,300 tons

Length: Overall – 332.8 m; Waterline – 317.0 m; Beam: Overall – 76.8 m; Waterline – 40.8 m

Draft: Maximum navigational – 11.3 m; Limit – 12.5 m

Propulsion: 2× Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors; 260,000 total shaft horsepower (194 MW)

Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h); 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× Mark-91 NSSM guidance systems;

4× Mark-95 radars

Electronic warfare & decoys: SLQ-32A(V)4 Countermeasures suite; SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures

Armament: 16-24× RIM-7 Sea Sparrow or NATO Sea Sparrow missiles; 3× or 4× Phalanx CIWSs or RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles

Armor: 64 mm Kevlar over vital spaces

Aircraft carried: 85-90 fixed wing and helicopters