Trumpeter 05739 USS NIMITZ CVN-68 2005  [TP05739]

USS NIMITZ CVN-68 2005 Length general: 332.9m Beam maximum: 76.8m Displacement: 91000-102000t The Nimitz Class aircraft providers are the largest warships ever built. With more than 6,000 personnel, the carrier has a displacement of 102,000t, and a flight deck amount of 332.9m. All seven nuclear-powered Nimitz course companies have been built by Newport Information Shipbuilding, located in Virginia. The Nimitz atmosphere wing consist of 74-86 aircraft. The flight deck measures 333 x 77m and is loaded with four lifts, four steam-driven catapults and four arrester wires. The provider is capable of establishing one aircraft every 20s. The nuclear-powered provider has two General Electric pressurized water reactors driving four turbines of 260,000hp (194MW) and four shafts. You can find four emergency diesels of 10,720hp (8MW). The very first of course, USS Nimitz, was commissioned in 1975. The latest, USS Ronald Reagan CVN-76, was commissioned in July 2003.

Specification