Nimitz-class aircraft carriers

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Nimitz-class_aircraft_carriers
GPTKB entity
Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf class of aircraft carriers
gptkbp:aircraftCarried over 60
gptkbp:armament gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:arrestorWires 4
gptkbp:beam 76.8 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:catapults 4 steam catapults
gptkbp:commissioned 1975
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement over 5,000 (including air wing)
gptkbp:defensiveArmament gptkb:CIWS
gptkb:RAM_launchers
gptkb:Sea_Sparrow_missiles
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:Naval_Sea_Systems_Command
gptkbp:designedFor 50 years of service
gptkbp:displacement over 100,000 tons
gptkbp:firstShipLaunched gptkb:USS_Nimitz_(CVN-68)
gptkbp:flightDeck over 4.5 acres
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Bremerton,_Washington
gptkb:San_Diego,_California
gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nimitz-class aircraft carriers
gptkbp:hullMaterial nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CVN
gptkbp:lastShip gptkb:USS_George_H.W._Bush_(CVN-77)
gptkbp:length 332.8 meters
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Chester_W._Nimitz
gptkbp:notableDeployment gptkb:Operation_Enduring_Freedom
gptkb:Operation_Iraqi_Freedom
Operation Desert Storm
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:USS_Abraham_Lincoln_(CVN-72)
gptkb:USS_Dwight_D._Eisenhower_(CVN-69)
gptkb:USS_George_Washington_(CVN-73)
gptkb:USS_George_H.W._Bush_(CVN-77)
gptkb:USS_Harry_S._Truman_(CVN-75)
gptkb:USS_John_C._Stennis_(CVN-74)
gptkb:USS_Theodore_Roosevelt_(CVN-71)
gptkb:USS_Nimitz_(CVN-68)
gptkb:USS_Ronald_Reagan_(CVN-76)
gptkb:USS_Carl_Vinson_(CVN-70)
gptkbp:numberBuilt 10
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Kitty_Hawk-class_aircraft_carriers
gptkbp:propulsion 2 nuclear reactors
gptkbp:refuelingOverhaul mid-life RCOH (Refueling and Complex Overhaul)
gptkbp:role power projection
aircraft operations
sea control
gptkbp:speed over 30 knots
gptkbp:status active
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Gerald_R._Ford-class_aircraft_carriers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkb:Naval_Base_Kitsap
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5