THE NIMITZ CLASS
Builder: Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Virginia
Deployment: May 3, 1975 (USS Nimitz)
Length: 1,092 feet
Flight Deck Width: 252 feet
Displacement: 97,000 tons full load
Speed: 30+ knots (34.5+ mph)
Crew: 3,000 – 3,200 ship’s company, 1,500 air wing, 500 other crew
Aircraft: 60+
Ships:
USS Nimitz (CVN 68)
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)
USS George Washington (CVN 73)
USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)
USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77)
