Ident-ships
USS Nimitz
Call sign :
CVN
Class :
Aircraft carrier Nimitz
Country :
The United States of America
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History
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Builder :
Newport News Shipbuilding
Keel laid :
22 June 1968
Launched :
13 May 1972
Commissioned :
3 May 1975
Specifications
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Displacement :100,020 long tons (112,020 short tons)
Length :Overall: 1,092 feet (332.8Â m)
Waterline: 1,040 feet (317.0Â m)
Width :Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m)
Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m)
Draft:Maximum navigational: 37 feet (11.3Â m)
Limit: 41 feet (12.5Â m)
Propulsion :2 ×
Westinghouse
A4W nuclear reactors
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HEU
93.5%)
4 ×
steam turbines
4 × shafts
260,000 shp (194 MW)
Speed :31.5
knots
(58.3Â km/h; 36.2Â mph)
Range :Unlimited distance; 20–25 years
Crew :Ship's company: 3,532
Air wing: 2,480
Military equipment
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Sensors :AN/SPS-48E
3-D air search radar
AN/SPS-49(V)5
2-D air search radar
AN/SPQ-9
B target acquisition radar
AN/SPN-46
air traffic control radars
AN/SPN-43C
air traffic control radar
AN/SPN-41
landing aid radars
4 × Mk 91 NSSM guidance systems
4 × Mk 95 radars
Weapon systems :
Electronic warfare and decoys :AN/SLQ-32A(V)4
Countermeasures suite
SLQ-25A Nixie
Torpedo Countermeasures
Armament :2 ×
Sea Sparrow
2 ×
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
2 × PHALANX
CIWS
(Close-In Weapons System) Gatling guns
4 × MK 38 25mm autocannon turrets
10 × .50 cal turret emplacements
Embarked aviation :90 fixed wing and helicopters
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