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Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Va. |
Date Deployed: May 3, 1975 (USS Nimitz). |
Unit Cost: About $4.5 billion each. |
Propulsion: Two nuclear reactors, four shafts. |
Length: 1,092 feet (332.85 meters). |
Beam: 134 feet (40.84 meters); Flight Deck Width: 252 feet (76.8 meters). |
Displacement: Approximately 97,000 tons (87,996.9 metric tons) full load. |
Speed: 30+ knots (34.5+ miles per hour). |
Crew: Ship's Company: 3,000-3,200, air wing: 1,500, other: 500. |
Armament: Multiple NATO Sea Sparrow, Phalanx CIWS, and Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) mounts. |
Aircraft: Approximately 60+.
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