Military


CVN-68 Nimitz class

Specifications
Builder Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Va.
Power Plant Two Nuclear Power Plant (A4W Pressurized Water Reactor)
Four shafts, Four propellers, with five blades each
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 (87,300 metric tons) full load
Speed 30+ knots (34.5+ miles per hour)
Aircraft 85
Aircraft elevators Four
Catapults Four
Armament 4 Sea Sparrow launchers
3 Phalanx CIWS 20mm mounts [Nimitz & Ike]
4 Phalanx CIWS 20mm mounts [Vinson and later]
Combat Systems SPS-48E 3-D air search radar
SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search radar
3 Mk91 Fire Control

Multi-Function Radar (MFR) [CVN-77]
Volume Search Radar (VSR) [CVN-77]

AN/SLQ-32(V)4 active jamming/deception
AN/WLR-1H ESM
Service Life 50 years
Crew Ship's Company: 3,200
Air Wing: 2,480

Departments
Administrative
Aircraft Maintenance
Air
Chaplain
Combat Systems
Deck
Dental
Engineering
Legal
Maintenance
 Medical
Navigation
Operations
Public Affairs
Reactor
Safety
Supply
Training
Weapons
Unit Operating Cost
Annual Average 		~$160,000,000 [source: [FY1996 VAMOSC]
Total Costs
[$millions
constant $FY97]		 

Investment cost 
     Ship acquisition cost                   $ 4,059
     Midlife modernization cost              $ 2,382
     Total investment cost                   $ 6,441 
Average annual investment cost               $   129
Operating and support cost
     Direct operating and support cost       $11,677
     Indirect operating and support cost     $ 3,205
     Total operating and support cost        $14,882
Average annual operating and support cost    $   298
Inactivation/disposal cost
     Inactivation/disposal cost              $   887
     Spent nuclear fuel storage cost         $    13
     Total inactivation/disposal cost        $   899
Average annual inactivation/disposal cost    $    18  


Total life-cycle cost                        $22,222
Average annual life-cycle cost               $   444  
[source: GAO]



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