Nimitz-class aircraft carrier

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aircraft carrier class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier supercarrier

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is a class of U.S. Navy nuclear-powered supercarriers that has formed the backbone of American naval air power since the late 20th century.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)	2
Nimitz-class aircraft carriers	1
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aircraft carrier class ⓘ nuclear-powered aircraft carrier ⓘ supercarrier ⓘ
aircraftCapacity	about 60 to 90 aircraft ⓘ
aircraftLaunchSystem	steam catapult ⓘ
aircraftRecoverySystem	arresting wires ⓘ
armament	Phalanx CIWS (modernization era) ⓘ surface form: Phalanx CIWS RIM-116 RAM ⓘ RIM-7 Sea Sparrow ⓘ surface form: RIM-162 ESSM RIM-7 Sea Sparrow ⓘ
backboneOf	U.S. naval air power in late 20th century ⓘ
builder	Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crewComplement	about 2480 air wing personnel ⓘ about 3200 ship crew ⓘ
designedBy	United States Navy Bureau of Ships ⓘ
designedFor	blue-water operations ⓘ deterrence ⓘ power projection ⓘ sea control ⓘ
firstShip	USS Nimitz (CVN-68) ⓘ
hasFlightDeckType	angled flight deck ⓘ
hasIslandSuperstructure	starboard side ⓘ
hullClassificationSymbol	CVN ⓘ
lastShip	USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) ⓘ
maximumSpeed	over 30 knots ⓘ
namedAfter	Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ
nuclearPowered	true ⓘ
operator	United States Navy ⓘ
powerPlant	four steam turbines ⓘ two A4W nuclear reactors ⓘ
precededBy	Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
primaryMission	air superiority ⓘ humanitarian assistance ⓘ maritime security ⓘ strike warfare ⓘ
propulsion	nuclear reactor ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ
role	flagship of carrier strike group ⓘ
sailNumber	10 ships built ⓘ
serviceEntry	1975 ⓘ
shipBeam	about 77 meters (flight deck) ⓘ
shipDisplacement	about 100000 tons full load ⓘ
shipDraft	about 11.3 meters ⓘ
shipLength	about 333 meters ⓘ
succeededBy	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers ⓘ surface form: Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier
usedIn	Cold War ⓘ Gulf War ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ surface form: War in Afghanistan

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Newport News Shipbuilding → builds → Nimitz-class aircraft carrier ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nimitz-class aircraft carriers

Nimitz → hasNamesake → Nimitz-class aircraft carrier ⓘ

subject surface form: Chester W. Nimitz

Chester W. Nimitz → hasPartNamedAfter → Nimitz-class aircraft carrier ⓘ

John C. Stennis → honoredBy → Nimitz-class aircraft carrier ⓘ

this entity surface form: USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)

John C. Stennis → namesakeOf → Nimitz-class aircraft carrier ⓘ

this entity surface form: USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)

Navy One → notableEventLocation → Nimitz-class aircraft carrier ⓘ

this entity surface form: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)