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The large size of these nuclear-powered aircraft carriers can be gauged from the way the aircraft are dwarfed by the flight deck surface
of 182 hectares.
The Carrier Air Wing transported in each of these carriers is larger and better balanced than most national air forces in the world. The
CAW usually comprises twenty-four naval fighters F-14 Tomcat, twenty-four polyvalent fighters F/A-18 Hornet, ten attack aircraft A-6E Intruder,
four tanker aircraft KA-6D Intruder, four early warning aircraft E-2C Hawkeye AEW, ten antisubmarine aircraft S-3A Viking ASW and six
antisubmarine helicopters SH-3H Sea King ASW plus transports.
Nimitz class: 10 units - Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), Carl Vinson (CVN-70), Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), George H. W. Bush (CVN-77),
George Washington (CVN-73), Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), John C. Stennis (CVN-74), Nimitz (CVN-68), Ronald Reagan (CVN-76),
Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
Type: Aircraft carrier
Length: 332.9 meters
Beam: 76.8 meters
Draught: 11.3 meters
Displacement (standard): 82900 tonnes
Propulsion: 4 x shaft, 4 x steam turbine General Electric, 2 x nuclear reactor Westinghouse A4W 550 megawatt, 280000 horsepower
Speed: 33 knots (61.1 kilometers/hour)
Range: 675000-840000 nautical miles at 30 knots
Complement: 3300 of naval crew, 3000 of air wing
Armament (as built): 3 x octuple BPDMS Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile launcher
Armament (later): 3 x octuple BPDMS Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile launcher, 3-4 x Phalanx CIWS or RIM-116 RAM surface-to-air missile launcher
Armor: Hull and flight deck are armored
Aircraft: About 90
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