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USS Nimitz, lead ship of her class of supercarrier
USS Nimitz
United States United States
Builders:Newport News Shipbuilding
Operators: United States Navy
Preceding class:Kitty Hawk
Following class:CVN-21 development program
Commissioned:3 May 1975
Ships in Class
Ships in class:10
Ships in active service:USS Nimitz
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
USS Carl Vinson
USS Theodore Roosevelt
USS Abraham Lincoln
USS George Washington
USS John C. Stennis
USS Harry S. Truman
USS Ronald Reagan
Ships building:1
Ships fitting out:1USS George H. W. Bush
General Characteristics
Class type:Nuclear powered supercarrier
Displacement: 10,000 tons
Length: 317 m
Beam: 40.8 m
Draught:11.9 m
Draft:fd12m
Propulsion and power:Nuclear propulsion
260,000 shp
Speed: 30+ knots
Boats and landing craft carried:8
Capacity:50,000
Complement: 3,200 ships company
2,500 air wing
Armament:16-24 surface-to-air missiles
4 close-in weapons systems
Armor:dd
Aircraft complement:Up to 90
Aircraft facilities:diff