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General Characteristics, Enterprise Class

Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, VA.
Date Deployed: November 25, 1961 (USS Enterprise).
Propulsion: Eight nuclear reactors, four shafts.
Length: 1,101 feet 2 inches (335.64 meters).
Beam: 133 feet (39.9 meters); 252 feet (75.6 meters).
Displacement: 89,600 tons ( 81,283.8 metric tons) full load.
Speed: 30+ knots (34.5 miles per hour).
Crew: Ship's Company: 3,350 - Air Wing 2,480.
Armament: Two Sea Sparrow missile launchers, three Phalanx 20 mm CIWS mounts.
Aircraft: 85.

USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65), Norfolk, VA

General Characteristics, Nimitz Class

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: 3,200 - Air Wing: 2,480.
Armament: Two or three (depending on modification) NATO Sea Sparrow launchers, 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts: (3 on Nimitz and Dwight D. Eisenhower and 4 on Vinson and later ships of the class.).
Aircraft: 85.

USS NIMITZ (CVN 68), Everett, WA

USS DWIGHT D EISENHOWER (CVN 69), Norfolk, VA

USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70), Coronado, CA

USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71), Norfolk, VA

USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72), Everett, WA

USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73), Yokosuka, Japan

USS JOHN C STENNIS (CVN 74). Bremerton, WA

USS HARRY S TRUMAN (CVN 75), Norfolk, VA

USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76), San Diego, CA

USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (CVN 77), Norfolk, VA

General Characteristics, Gerald R. Ford class

Builder: Northrop Grumman Newport News, Newport News, Va.
Propulsion: Two nuclear reactors, four shafts.
Length: 1,092 feet
Beam: 134 feet, Flight Deck Width: 256 feet.
Displacement: approximately 100,000 long tons full load.
Speed: 30+ knots (34.5 miles per hour)
Crew: 4,660 (ship, air wing and staff).
Armament: Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile, Rolling Airframe Missile, CIWS.
Aircraft: 75+

USS GERALD R FORD (CVN 78) Under construction

USS JOHN F KENNEDY (CVN 79) Construction begins in 2012

Carriers of the Ford class will incorporate fourteen new design features including:

Advanced arresting gear.
Automation, which reduces crew requirements by several hundred from the Nimitz class carrier.
The updated RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow missile system.
AN/SPY-3 dual-band radar (DBR), as developed for Zumwalt class destroyers.
An Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) in place of traditional steam catapults for launching aircraft.
A new nuclear reactor design (the A1B reactor) for greater power generation.
Stealthier features to help reduce radar profile.
The ability to launch the F-35C Lightning II.

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Comment by Kerry Tams on March 29, 2012 at 7:05am: It's a shame they've changed the direction of the camera and we can't see the ship currently. I'm presuming the direction/angle may change during the day, and hope they get back to a view with the ship. Watching the sun come up on the Enterprise was captivating, then watching the liberty boats pull up to the fantail and heading back to shore - updated one minute at a team. It was mesmerizing.

Comment by Scott Kinsala on March 29, 2012 at 12:28am: Thanks Kerry. We stared at the screen for 10 minutes.

It is good to see the ship and know our sailors are going to get some time off.

Comment by Kerry Tams on March 28, 2012 at 11:03pm: Enterprise friends, check out the live webcam: http://www.pireas.gr/

Looks to be a beautiful day dawning on our Sailors!

Comment by FAY (CAROL) on March 23, 2012 at 3:58pm: Glad to meet all the Enterprise Families, haven't heard anything yet from my son but I hope everything is going well. Waiting for a e-mail?

Comment by Tom McConnell on March 18, 2012 at 6:55pm: I agree Kerry. I was fortunate enough to join my son on the USS Reagan last year from Honolulu to San Diego. By the time we got into port I was feeling so patriotic I wanted to tell the world what a great job our Sailors and ALL military personnel do in protecting this great country of ours!

Comment by Kerry Tams on March 18, 2012 at 6:50pm: Tom, I was very fortunate to be able to go on Tiger Cruise when Enterprise came home last July. What an absolutely amazing and unforgettable experience, and to be able to spend a few days at sea with these great American heroes was priceless. For those that haven't been, do whatever you can to go should you get the chance. You won't regret it, I promise.

Glad to see such a good collection of Big E folks here!

Comment by Tom McConnell on March 18, 2012 at 6:43pm: Welcome all of you Enterprise folks! One of my twin sons serves aboard the USS Ronald Reagan, CVN-76. His ship is presently in maintenance for awhile. Carrier life is truly amazing as you will see if you are lucky enough to go on a Tiger Cruise!

Comment by Scott Kinsala on March 18, 2012 at 5:38pm: My daughter is aboard the Enterprise also. This is her first deployment. She is looking forward to cranking being over so she can go back to being an O.S. I join you all in your well wishes to our Sailors.

Comment by April Ewing on March 18, 2012 at 4:48pm: Our son is also aboard the USS Enterprise. He is mass communications. I'm glad to know some of the other families of these Sailors; we can keep each other informed.

God Speed to them.

Comment by Kerry Tams on March 18, 2012 at 4:47pm: Welcome Fay! Our son is aboard Enterprise too, and has been since late 2009. Hoping for an uneventful deployment for all of our heroes!

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