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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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Care Packages
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Comment by FAY (CAROL) on April 2, 2012 at 7:01am
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That is pretty, these pictures are taken from the ship or from someone in that country? I hope they (sailors)had a nice time.
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Comment by Kerry Tams on April 1, 2012 at 4:33pm
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Another really great picture found by a Big E friend.
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Nice picture, I think my son has been to Greece -3 times now. I know he enjoyed Turkey last year. Wish I could travel around the world, I would have to be a millionaire to be where my son has..
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Comment by ken montigny on March 30, 2012 at 10:04am
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Hi guys, just jumping into the group. This is my son's first deployment. Says the Big E is amazing. Nice shot below Kerry...great to see it
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Comment by April Ewing on March 30, 2012 at 9:19am
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Mano=Manos
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I sent Mano a thank you email. No kind gesture should go unnoticed and he not only did this for Kerry, but all of us as Kerry shared with us.
Makes me wanna go to Greece and meet these wonderful people.
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Comment by Scott Kinsala on March 30, 2012 at 9:13am
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That photo is going in the scrapbook. Thank you Kerry and Thank you Manos.
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Kerry, Manos was so very kind. I have saved the image as I am building a scrapbook of my son's time in the Navy (maybe more than one will be needed) and will print this image to go in it.
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I know Kerry, isn't it awesome!!! I'm so glad you posted this picture.
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In a separate email, Manos sent me this great picture:
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