AIRCRAFT CARRIERS Part 11
0 + 0 + 1 Gerald R. Ford-class CVN: Displacement: 100,000+ tons; Speed: approx. 30kts; Crew: 4,114 men; Aircraft: approx. 70; Armament: 2 8-cell Mk29 NATO Sea Sparrow launchers, 2 21-cell Mk49 RAM launchers.
The next generation carrier, the GERRALD R. FORD is slated to be commissioned in 2014, she will have a number of advances planned to increase operational efficiency and reduce manning requirements. CVN-78 will have an improved flight deck arrangement with more k space and a new design island located farther aft than in the Nimitz/Roosevelt-classes. She will mount four electromagnetic catapults in place of the older steam catapults’ three elevators and deletion of the No.4 arresting wire. A improved reactor plant is planned as well as a large electrical-generation plant with all possible auxiliary steam equipment being converted to electric. The combination is expected to provide a 300 percent increase over the Nimitz/Roosevelt-classes.
CVN-78 Gerald R. Ford.
6 + 1 Theodore Roosevelt-class CVN: Displacement: 104,581--- 101,429 tons; Crew: 4,923; Aircraft: approx.. 70; Armament: 2 8-cell Mk29 NATO Sea Sparrow launchers, 2 21-cell Mk49 RAM launchers OR 3-4 Mk15 Phalanx CIWS.
CVN-71 Theodore Roosevelt; CVN-72 Abraham Lincoln; CVN-73 George Washington; CVN-74 John C. Stennis; CVN-75 Harry S. Truman; CVN-76 Ronald Reagan; CVN-77 George H.W. Bush
3 Nimitz-class CVN: Displacement: 100,020 --- 101,264 tons; Speed: 30+ knots; Crew: 4,919; Aircraft: approx.. 70; Armament: 2 8-cell Mk29 NATO Sea Sparrow launchers, 2 21-cell Mk49 RAM launchers OR 3-4 Mk15 Phalanx CIWS.
CVN-68 Nimitz; CVN-69 Dwight D. Eisenhower; CVN-70 Carl Vinson.
1 Enterprise-class CVN: Displacement: 93,445 tons; Speed: 33kts; Crew: 5,095; Aircraft: approx.. 70; Armament: 2 8-cell Mk29 NATO Sea Sparrow launchers, 3 Mk15 Phalanx CIWS.
CVN-65 Enterprise
1 John F. Kennedy-class CV: Displacement: 82,760 tons; Speed: 33 knots; Crew; 4,760; Aircraft: approx. 70; Armament: 2 8-cell Mk29 NATO Sea Sparrow launchers, 2 21-cell Mk49 RAM launchers.
CV-67 John F. Kennedy.
2 Kitty-Hawk-class CV: Displacement: 81,953 tons; Speed: 33kts; Crew: 4,920; Aircraft: approx.. 70; Armament: 2 8-cell MK29 NATO Sea Sparrow launchers, 2 21-cell Mk49 RAM launchers.
CV-63 Kitty Hawk; CV-64 Constellation.
KITTY HAWK remains as the only active member of this class She is currently forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan. She is to be replaced by JOHN F. KENNEDY in 2008. CONSTELLATION has been decommissioned and is maintained as a mobilization asset; she will be joined by KITTY HAWK in 2008. The third member of this class, AMERICA has been decommissioned and stricken after only 31.5 years of service due to her higher maintenance and overhaul costs caused by the thinner hull-plating and other cost-reduction measures employed in her construction.
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