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Class overview

USS Nimitz (CVN-68), lead ship of the class of supercarriers, at sea near Victoria, British Columbia, after the 1999–2001 refit


Name	Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
Builders	Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	Enterprise class
Succeeded by	Gerald R. Ford class
Subclasses	Theodore Roosevelt class and Ronald Reagan class
Cost	US$1.98 billion in 1975 ($11.4 billion in 2024)
Built	1968–2006
In service	1975–present
In commission	3 May 1975–present
Completed	10
Active	10


General characteristics
Type	Aircraft carrier
Displacement	100,000 to 104,600 long tons (101,600–106,300 t) full load
Length	Overall: 1,092 ft (332.8 m) Waterline: 1,040 ft (317.0 m)
Beam	Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m) Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m)
Draft	Maximum navigational: 37 ft (11.3 m) Limit: 41 ft (12.5 m)
Propulsion	2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors (HEU 93.5%) 4 × steam turbines 4 × shafts 260,000 shp (190 MW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)+
Range	Unlimited distance; 20–25 years
Complement	Ship's company: 3,532 Air wing: 2,480
Crew	5,000–5,200 (including airwing)
Sensors & processing systems	AN/SPS-48E 3-D air search radar AN/SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search radar AN/SPQ-9B 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
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32A(V)4 countermeasures suite SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures
Armament	2–3 × Mk 29 Guided Missile Launching Systems, 8 × RIM-162 ESSM or RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missiles each 3–4 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk 49 Guided Missile Launching Systems, 21 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles each Mk 38 25 mm Machine Gun Systems
Armor	2.5 in (64 mm) Kevlar over vital spaces
Aircraft carried	85–90 fixed wing and helicopters

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