USS ENTERPRISE CVAN-65

The USS ENTERPRISE was the Navy's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier and from 1961 to 1972 she was the biggest warship in the world.

General Characteristics:	Keel Laid: Februar 4, 1958
	Launched: September 24, 1960
	Commissioned: November 25, 1961
	Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Va.
	Propulsion system: eight nuclear reactors
	Propellers: four
	Blades on each Propeller: five
	Aircraft elevators: four
	Catapults: four
	Arresting gear cables: four
	Lenght, overall: 1,123 feet (342.3 meters)
	Flight Deck Width: 257 feet (78.4 meters)
	Area of flight deck: about 4,5 acres (18211.5 m2)
	Beam: 132.8 feet (40.5 meters)
	Draft: 39 feet (11.9 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 93,500 tons full load
	Speed: 30+ knots
	Aircraft: approx. 85
	Crew: Ship: 3,200 ; Air Wing: 2,480
	Armament: three Mk 29 NATO Sea Sparrow launchers, three 20mm Phalanx CIWS Mk 15
	Homeport:Norfolk, Va.

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