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	Nimitz class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nimitz (CVN-68), the lead ship of the class, was commissioned in 1975.
		Although the Nimitz class ships are the heaviest ships in the US fleet they are not the longest ships in the fleet, as that honor belongs to the carrier Enterprise.
		Nimitz was the first to undergo its initial refueling during a 33-month Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia, in 1998.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nimitz_class_aircraft_carrier (808 words)

	USS Nimitz (CVN-68) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is a supercarrier in the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class.
		The keel of Nimitz was laid down 22 June 1968 by Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia, and she was commissioned 3 May 1975 by President Gerald Ford.
		In Tom Clancy's novel The Hunt for Red October, Nimitz is one of two aircraft carriers recalled from the Southern Atlantic Ocean to reinforce John F. Kennedy and monitor the Soviet surface fleet.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Nimitz_(CVN-68) (915 words)

	CVN68 - Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier
		Whenever there has been a crisis, the first question has been: "Where are the carriers?" Carriers support and operate aircraft that engage in attacks on airborne, afloat, and ashore targets that threaten free use of the sea; and engage in sustained operations in support of other forces.
		USS Nimitz (CVN 68) was the first to undergo its initial refueling during a 33-month Refueling Complex Overhaul at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., in 1998.
		Hosting 85 aircraft and carrying enough supplies to sustain her Air Wing and escorts for 90 days, the modern U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, in effect, represents a mobile piece of American real estate, capable of projecting the power and influence of the United States any where in the world.
	tech.military.com /equipment/view/89174/cvn68---nimitz-class-aircraft-carrier.html (496 words)

	CVN-68 Nimitz-class
		The Navy's Nimitz class nuclear powered aircraft carriers provide sustainable, independent forward presence and conventional deterrence in peacetime; operate as the cornerstone of joint/allied maritime expeditionary forces in times of crisis; operate and support aircraft attacks on enemies; and protect friendly forces and engage in sustained independent operations in war.
		Carriers support and operate aircraft that engage in attack on airborne, afloat, and ashore targets that threaten free use of the sea and engage in sustained operations in support of other forces.
		NIMITZ-class carriers boast all the amenities that would be found in any American city with a comparable population, including a post office with its own ZIP code, TV and radio stations, a newspaper, a fire department, a library, a hospital, a general store, two barbershops and much more.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/cvn-68.htm (1312 words)

	NIMITZ Class Carrier
		The Nimitz class carrier and the Type VI "Bonzai" fighter exist primarily to face threats which use large numbers of small attack vessels.
		The bridge is optimized for carrier operations, surrounding the three commanders with visual data as needed.
		The Nimitz class is designed with two forward launch bays and one aft recovery bay.
	members.tripod.com /~smr4124/nimitz.html (646 words)

	CVN-82 Ranger class Nuclear Multi-Role Aircraft Carrier
		The Ranger class carriers were initially designed as replacements for the Nimitz class carriers but due to a series of delays, were not completed until ten years after was initially planned.
		Still, the Ranger class carriers were an important element in the fleet and even though the lead carrier was close to fifty years old, there were no plans for decommissioning these carriers.
		The Ranger class carrier took advantage of advanced alloys and composites from the beginning and would be less effected by corrosion than previous carrier class.
	members.tripod.com /~The_Kitsune/Rifts-Earth-Vehicles/US_CVN-82_Ranger_Carrier.htm (3319 words)

	Naval Technology - Nimitz Class - Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carriers - US Navy CVN
		The keel for the tenth and last Nimitz Class, USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), was laid in September 2003 and the carrier will enter service in 2009.
		This will be the first transition ship to a new class of carriers, CVN 78 (formerly known as CVN 21 and CVNX), planned for construction start in 2007 and delivery in 2014.
		The carrier reaches a maximum speed of over 30 knots, and accommodates a complement of 3,184 personnel (with 203 officers); 2,800 aircrew (with 366 officers); and 70 flag (with 25 officers).
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/nimitz (1013 words)

	CVN-68 Nimitz-class - Navy Ships
		Nimitz, the lead ship of the class, is also the first of its class to undergo this major life-cycle milestone.
		The Navy elected to overhaul the Nimitz without adding cooperative engagement, integrated ship self defense, the advanced combat direction system, the rolling airframe missile, the SPQ 9 navigation radar, a common high-band data link, the battlegroup passive horizon extension system, an outboard weapons elevator, conversion of nuclear magazines, emergency ordnance handling, and improved propellers.
		Other Nimitz-class carriers will follow so that a carrier will be in a shipyard undergoing a nuclear refueling overhaul for about the next 30 years, with the exception of about 4 years during this period.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/cvn-68.htm (2029 words)

	Nuclear-powered Carrier to Replace Kitty Hawk
		Very recently, one of the US Navy's San Diego-based aircraft carriers demonstrated the ability of a Nimitz-class carrier to perform a range of those sustained operations, responding to the tsunami crisis and providing relief in Southeast Asia in only a matter of days of being tasked.
		Nimitz-class carriers are capable of rapid acceleration rates that are considerably greater than a fossil fuel-powered carrier, providing a significant tactical advantage.
		The assignment of a Nimitz-class carrier to the US Navy's Forward Deployed Naval Forces is absolutely the right thing to do for the US-Japan alliance, for the defense of Japan, and for the security of this Western Pacific region.
	tokyo.usembassy.gov /e/p/tp-20051028-77.html (3863 words)

	Amazon.com: Nimitz Class: Books: Patrick Robinson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Much to my surprise and delight "Nimitz Class" is a well told Naval/Political thriller that is extraordinarily intriguing, the majority of the characters are compelling and the pacing of the novel is dead on accurate.
		With "Nimitz Class" Patrick Robinson has set the stage for his characters such as Vice Admiral Arnold Morgan, Director, National Security Agency who is the spitting image of someone in his position, gruff in a good natured sort of way, tough as nails and extraordinarily intelligent.
		He immediately takes his ship to the carriers last known position only to find a high level of radiation and a couple of the ships that were close to her badly damaged.
	www.amazon.com /Nimitz-Class-Patrick-Robinson/dp/006109594X (1861 words)

	Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman's Newest Aircraft Carrier Takes a Bow
		The addition of the upper bow completes the flight deck and extends the overall length of the carrier to its full size, which is as long as the Empire State Building is tall.
		The carrier is under construction at Northrop Grumman's Newport News sector, the nation's sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.
		The George H. Bush is the second carrier to have a new bulbous bow design that provides more buoyancy to the forward end of the ship and improves hull efficiency.
	www.irconnect.com /noc/press/pages/news_releases.mhtml?d=95754 (547 words)

	Ship in Service
		The USS Harry S. Truman, America's newest aircraft carrier, is expected to be in service for half a century.
		The keel for the Truman was laid in 1993.
		The three other Nimitz-class carriers are the USS Carl Vinson, the USS Nimitz, and the USS John C. Stennis, the last carrier being commissioned and named for the former Mississippi senator.
	www.examiner.net /ussharrytruman/shipservice.html (348 words)

	Pacific Fleet Online
		The purpose of Keen Sword was to train and evaluate wartime functions and bilateral cooperation procedures against the backdrop of a regional contingency scenario that has direct and immediate consequences to the U.S. and Japan.
		Additionally, the forward deployment of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier ensures the ability of Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet to fulfill the U.S. government’s commitment to the defense of Japan, and the maintenance of international peace and security in the Far East in support of the treaty of mutual cooperation and security.
		This ship rotation is part of the Navy's long-range effort to routinely replace older ships assigned to the Navy’s forward deployed naval forces with newer or more capable platforms, and is part of an ongoing effort to consider the nature of all forward-deployed forces when looking at the unpredictable security environment in the Western Pacific.
	www.cpf.navy.mil /news_images/0510/051027f.htm (932 words)

	Top 10 List - Topic Powered by eve community
		In my humble opinion, the nimitz class carrier is on top of all ships of all time.
		There is no other ship to so dominated their age of warfare at sea as the nimitz class does.
		The NIMITZ class is tremendous but vulnerable to subs, as are all other warships.
	community.discovery.com /eve/forums/a/tpc/f/2461991318/m/1271999118 (1144 words)

	After Reagan, Navy Morphs to a New Class of Carrier -- 03/05/2001
		The next, or last, Nimitz-class carrier will mark the beginning of a three-step process to the fully-developed 21st century carrier, Newport News Shipbuilding executives said.
		The ninth Nimitz-class carrier, the $5 billion Reagan, or CVN-76, is scheduled to replace the Kitty Hawk in 2003.
		"Reagan provided some transition to the new class of carrier, but 77 is absolutely a transition ship to the next class of ships, which is the CVNX," said D. Scott Stabler, vice president of carrier construction with Newport News Shipbuilding.
	www.cnsnews.com /ViewPrint.asp?Page=\Nation\archive\200103\NAT20010305c.html (704 words)

	Sinking a US aircraft carrier
		These carriers are the first line of response for the United States Navy, and each carries four squadrons (usually 12 planes each) of fighter/attack aircraft, all of which can carry precision-guided munitions.
		These older missiles might not be able to do much to a carrier, but they can cripple escorts, and leave the carrier with one less layer of defense against the Tu-22Ms and the subs and surface vessels of the Chinese navy.
		That might be able to sink one Nimitz-class carrier, but the United States is not likely to just send one carrier strike group against the Chinese navy in the event of war.
	www.centurychina.com /plaboard/posts/3692755.shtml (596 words)

	CVN-77 - Navy Ships
		The near-term track of this strategy is CVN 77, the tenth NIMITZ Class and the first carrier of the 21st Century.
		The post-Cold War carrier force structure includes 12 aircraft carriers, 11 in the active force and one in the reserves.
		The company claimed that this advanced funding would reduce the cost of the carrier by an estimated $600 million by ensuring a strong supplier base and preserving essential shipbuilding skills that might otherwise be lost during the construction gap between CVN-76 and CVN-77.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/cvn-77.htm (847 words)

	USS Reagan commissioned - The Washington Times: Metropolitan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Navy's newest nuclear-powered carrier, adorned with red, white and blue bunting and a huge U.S. flag, became activated for duty during an invitation-only ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, the largest naval base in the world.
		While other carriers bear the names of former presidents — Washington, Truman and Kennedy, for example — the Reagan is the first U.S. aircraft carrier to be named for a living president.
		According to naval officials, the carrier's two nuclear reactors are capable of more than 20 years of continuous service without refueling and can maintain a top speed in excess of 30 knots.
	www.washtimes.com /metro/20030712-104229-9610r.htm (960 words)

	eBay - Book: Nimitz Class (ISBN: 006109594X) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The nuclear-powered Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier Thomas Jefferson, the most powerful warship in the world, home to a crew of 6,000 sailors and navy fliers, has been vaporized at sea in what appears to be a nuclear accident.
		Every technical detail in "Nimitz Class" has been authenticated by Admiral Sir John Woodward, the senior British task group commander in the Falklands War, to ensure that every naval maneuver, every harrowing plot twist could really happen.
		In "Nimitz Class," Patrick Robinson creates a real, very possible scenario - one that we could one day see on the headlines of the New York Times.
	product.ebay.com /Nimitz-Class_ISBN_006109594X_W0QQfvcsZ1388QQsoprZ437723 (794 words)

	Nimitz Class : Patrick Robinson
		Nimitz Class is a stunner that irresistibly hurtles the reader through explosions and deceptions from the first page to the exciting climax on the last." --Clive Cussler
		"Nimitz Class is that rare combination of military thriller and tactical treatise.
		But the truth becomes inescapable: a Nimitz-class carrier has been claimed by nuclear catastrophe---no other explanation is possible.
	www.audiobooksonline.com /shopsite/517992.html (413 words)

	Todays Carrier
		Still, in times of international crisis the president continues to ask"Where are the carriers?" For President George W. Bush, the first such "crisis" (never officially described as such) was the April confrontation sparked by the mid-air collision of a Navy EP-3E aircraft and a Chinese F-8 fighter.
		To ensure that future presidents will have the carriers when and where they are needed, the Navy and Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) have put in place a well-conceived program to take advantage of leading-edge technologies to deliver a revolutionary sea-based naval aviation force in an evolutionary and affordable way.
		Although CVN-77 is the final carrier of the Nimitz class per se, the Navy and Newport News are building upon its foundation of engineering and operational excellence.
	www.navyleague.org /seapower_mag/june2001/todays_carrier.htm (1800 words)

	USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)
		Persian Gulf, 30 December 2004 — The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) underway in the Persian Gulf.
		Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) is embarked aboard Truman and is providing close air support and conducting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions over Iraq.
		The Truman Carrier Strike Group and CVW-3 are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism.
	www.aircav.com /dodphoto/Ships/CVN75-Truman.html (75 words)

	A Nimitz-class aircraft carrier strengthens the U.S. - Japan alliance
		recently announced that one of its nine Nimitz-class aircraft carriers would replace USS Kitty Hawk in 2008, and in doing so, reaffirmed its long-term commitment to the strength and relevance of the Japan-U.S. alliance.
		Nimitz-class aircraft carriers are far more capable than oil fuel-powered carriers.
		While the decision to replace Kitty Hawk with a Nimitz-class carrier was made to strengthen the U.S. Navy’s ability to contribute to the defense of
	www.cnfj.navy.mil /asahi_article.htm (598 words)

	USS George H.W. Bush CVN-77 - CVN-77 Bush
		Secretary of the Navy Gordon England officially named the Navy's 10th Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, CVN 77, in honor of World War II naval aviator and former President of the United States George Herbert Walker Bush during a ceremony Dec. 9, 2002 at the Pentagon.
		The ceremonial keel-laying of the Navy's newest Nimitz-class carrier, Pre-Commissioning Unit George H. Bush (PCU 77), was held Sept. 6, 2003 at Northrup Grumman Newport News shipyard.
		The 10th and final Nimitz-class carrier will be the most advanced carrier of the class, a transitional carrier to bridge the gap between today's Navy and the next generation of aircraft carriers.
	www.scalecraft.com /index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1001 (227 words)

	Engineering News at NC State
		It can carry enough food and supplies for three months and has distillation plants that convert 400,000 gallons of fresh water from sea water daily.
		Stabler is the project manager for the construction of the tenth and last Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, the George H. Bush, for the U.S. Navy.
		This project is important not only for the Nimitz-class carrier currently in construction but also for the success of future programs, such as the next aircraft carrier class Northrop Grumman will design and build with the Navy.
	www.engr.ncsu.edu /news/innerviews/stabler.html (756 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Record of Decision for Facilities Development Necessary to Support the Homeporting of a ...
		A public scoping meeting was held October 26, 1993 in Neptune Beach, Florida to determine the scope of significant issues to be examined in the Draft PEIS (DPEIS).
		NAVSTA Mayport has two conventionally-powered aircraft carrier berthing wharves, Wharf C-1 and Wharf C-2, neither of which are currently able to accommodate CVN draft, electrical, and maintenance requirements.
		Most of the utilities requirements of the carrier can be supplied by the existing infrastructure within the station.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/1997/August/Day-25/i22492.htm (2520 words)

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		Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) are currently underway in the Western Pacific operating area.
		LCU 1632, assigned to Dubuque, is carrying cargo and personnel from ship to shore.
		Reagan and embarked carrier Air wing One Four (CVW-14) are currently deployed as part of a routine rotation of U.S. maritime forces conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the region.
	www.news.navy.mil /local/view_photos.asp?id=23 (825 words)

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