Nimitz class aircraft carrier

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Nimitz class supercarrier

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Class Overview

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Class TypeSupercarrier

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Class NameIn honor of Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz

Related Topics:
Fleet Admiral - Chester William Nimitz

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Preceded ByKitty Hawk-class supercarrier,John F. Kennedy-class supercarrier

Related Topics:
''Kitty Hawk''-class supercarrier - ''John F. Kennedy''-class supercarrier

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Succeeded ByCVNX/CVN-21

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Ships of the Class:Nimitz, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Carl Vinson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, John C. Stennis, Harry S. Truman, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush

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The Nimitz class supercarriers are the largest warships in the world. All of the ships in this class are nuclear-powered carrier vessels. These ships are numbered with consecutive hull numbers starting with CVN 68. The letters "CVN" denote the type of ship: CV or Cruiser Aviation denoting that they are Aircraft Carriers, and N to indicate nuclear-powered propulsion. The number after the "CVN" means that this is the 68th "CV", or aircraft carrier.

Related Topics:
Supercarrier - Warship - Nuclear-powered - Carrier vessels

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Nimitz (CVN-68), the lead ship of the class, was commissioned in 1975. As of 2004, George H. W. Bush (CVN-77), the tenth and last of the class, is being built by Northrop Grumman Newport News and will enter service in 2008. Bush will be the first transition ship to a new class of carriers (CVN-21) to start construction in 2007 and will incorporate new technologies including a new multi-function radar system, volume search radar and open architecture information network, and a significantly reduced crew requirement. To lower costs some new technologies were incorporated into Ronald Reagan, though not nearly as many as will be involved with Bush.

Related Topics:
''Nimitz'' - 1975 - As of 2004 - ''George H. W. Bush'' - Northrop Grumman - Newport News - 2008 - CVN-21 - 2007 - Radar - Information network - ''Ronald Reagan''

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Because of construction differences between the first three ships (Nimitz, Eisenhower and Vinson) and the latter seven (from Theodore Roosevelt on), the latter ships are sometimes called Theodore Roosevelt-class aircraft carriers, though the U.S. Navy officially holds no difference between the two groups.

Related Topics:
''Theodore Roosevelt'' - U.S. Navy

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By tonnage, Nimitz class compose by far the largest class of carriers ever built. When Bush is completed, the ten ships of the class will total just under a million tons combined displacement.

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Nimitz was the first to undergo its initial refueling during a 33-month Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia, in 1998.

Related Topics:
Refueling and Complex Overhaul - Newport News Shipbuilding - Newport News, Virginia - 1998

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