Those crazy Navy boys

[spanky2]

Pat...but one billion dollar boat is OK ? Then you sail these billion dollar boats around the world, spending billions to project "fleet defense", use 80% of your assets guarding the Queen Bee...dumping more tons of garbage in the ocean than bombs on bad guys. Where do I sign up?


OBTW - I am NOT a member of the F & A 22 fan club ... in case that is what you referred to...

 

[Big Beer Belly]

Pat...but one billion dollar boat is OK ?

Forgot to factor in inflation spanky ... those dingies now fetch $4.5 BILLION not including the jets.

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Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Va.
Power Plant: Two nuclear reactors, four shafts
Length, overall: 1,092 feet (332.85 meters)
Flight Deck Width: 252 feet (76.8 meters)
Beam: 134 feet (40.84 meters)
Displacement: Approx. 97,000 tons (87,996.9 metric tons) full load
Speed: 30+ knots (34.5+ miles per hour)
Aircraft: 85
Cost: about $4.5 billion each
Ships:
USS Nimitz (CVN 68), San Diego, Calif.
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), Norfolk, Va.
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Bremerton, Wash.
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Norfolk, Va.
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), Everett, Wash.
USS George Washington (CVN 73), Norfolk, Va.
USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), Bremerton, Wash.
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Norfolk, Va.
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), San Diego, Calif.
George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) (keel laying 6 Sept 2003)
Crew: Ship's Company: 3,200 - Air Wing: 2,480
Armament: Two or three (depending on modification) NATO Sea Sparrow launchers, 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts: (3 on Nimitz and Dwight D. Eisenhower and 4 on Vinson and later ships of the class.)
Date Deployed: May 3, 1975 (USS Nimitz)

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[TransMach]

Boats

Mates,

Our friend above, listing the Nimitz (CVN68) class bird farms seems to have forgotten:

USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Yokouska, Japan
USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Norfolk, VA
USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) Mayport, FL

Maybe not as pricey as a Nimitz, but still quite spendy !! Then there's the new CVXX project ... sheesh ...

Cheers,

TransMach

 

[Big Beer Belly]

Mates,

Our friend above, listing the Nimitz (CVN68) class bird farms seems to have forgotten:

USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Yokouska, Japan
USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Norfolk, VA
USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) Mayport, FL

Maybe not as pricey as a Nimitz, but still quite spendy !! Then there's the new CVXX project ... sheesh ...

Cheers,

TransMach

Sorry, but the site I was searching didn't list the above as "Nimitz class" as you suggest. Perhaps they are ... site was a little confusing just what class they are. Below are the stats:

General Characteristics, Enterprise
Builders: Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Va.
Power Plant: Eight nuclear reactors, four shafts
Length, overall: 1,101 feet 2 inches (335.64 meters)
Flight Deck Width: 252 feet (75.6 meters)
Beam: 133 feet (39.9 meters)
Displacement: 89,600 tons ( 81,283.8 metric tons) full load
Speed: 30+ knots (34.5 miles per hour)
Aircraft: 85
Ship:USS Enterprise (CVN 65), Norfolk, Va.
Crew: Ship's Company: 3,350 - Air Wing 2,480
Armament: Two Sea Sparrow missile launchers, three Phalanx 20 mm CIWS mounts
Date Deployed: November 25, 1961 (USS Enterprise)



General Characteristics, John F. Kennedy
Builders: Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va.
Power Plant: Eight boilers, four shafts, 280,000 total shaft horsepower
Length, overall: 1052 feet (315.6 meters)
Flight Deck Width: 252 feet (76.8 meters)
Beam: 130 feet (39.6 meters)
Displacement: 82,000 tons (74,389.1 metric tons) full load
Speed: 30+ knots (34.5 miles per hour)
Aircraft: Approximately 85.
Ship: USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67); Mayport, Fla.
Crew: Ship's Company: 3,117 - Air Wing 2,480
Armament: Sea Sparrow missiles with box launchers, Three 20mm Phalanx CIWS
Date Deployed: September 7, 1968



General Characteristics, Kitty Hawk Class
Builders: New York Ship Building Corp., Camden, N.J.
Power Plant: Eight boilers, four geared steam turbines, four shafts, 280,000 shaft horsepower.
Length, overall: 1062.5 feet (323.8 meters)
Flight Deck Width: 252 feet (76.8 meters)
Beam: 130 feet (39 meters)
Displacement: Approx. 80,800 tons (73,300.5 metric tons) full load
Speed: 30+ knots (34.5+ miles per hour)
Aircraft: 85
Ships:
USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), Yokosuka, Japan
Crew: Ship's Company: 3,150 - Air Wing: 2,480
Armament: Sea Sparrow launchers, 3 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts
Date Deployed: April 29, 1961 (USS Kitty Hawk

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[qmaster3]

...dial 1-800-AIRFORCE.

SPANK I am not going to tell ya again.

I don't want any Girl Scout Cookies.

 

[KeroseneSnorter]

Was there not a USS America a while back? I was thinking that it was a Nimitz also. Maybe it was an older class though.

Of course, my career has been spent flying airplanes off of concrete and fishing out of boats!! That whole using a perfectly good fishing boat to land airplanes on always mystified me!!

 

[qmaster3]

I believe the America was a Kitty Hawk class CV.

 

[DashCojones]

DUDES...you are sooo out of date! Thanks to Clinton, we've had chickies on board since 1995. ...Go airwing early!

 

[qmaster3]

DUDES...you are sooo out of date! Thanks to Clinton, we've had chickies on board since 1995. ...Go airwing early!

My wife moved on to better things. It was nice getting 2 E-5 paychecks with BAH attached to both.

For all the problems they cause it's nice having females aboard at times