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Nimitz-class aircraft carrier

Aircraft carrierUnited StatesIn service since 1975
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
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Key specs

Type
Aircraft carrier
Shipyards
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Construction began
1968
First commissioned
1975
Status
In service
Ships completed
10
Ships in service
10
Crew
3,532

Aircraft carrier

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Performance

Dimensions and weights
Displacement
106,300 t
Length
332.84 m
Beam
76.81 m
Draught
11.28 m
Performance
Maximum speed
30 kn (56 km/h)
Power
193,882 kW
Armament
Armament
8 × RIM-162 ESSMPhalanx CIWS2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe25 mm Mk 38 25 mm Machine Gun System

Operators

United States

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, Wikipedia

Figures from the ship infobox of the English Wikipedia article, for the class as a whole. Armament lists what the ships carried or carry.