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U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ridge Leoni · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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Measured figures
Length
Single source1,092 ft (333 m) – 1,106 ft (337 m)[source]
LOA
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier | Italian aircraft carrier Cavour |
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| Crew | About 2,600[source] | — |
| Power | Two Bechtel A1B PWR nuclear reactors , HEU 93.5%[source] | COGAG scheme 2 × shafts 4 × General Electric/Avio LM2500+ gas turbines providing 88,000 kW (118,000 bhp) 6 × diesel generators Wärtsila CW 12V200 13,200 kW (17,700 bhp)[source] |
| Name | Gerald R. Ford -class aircraft carrier[source] | Cavour[source] |
| Builders | Newport News Shipbuilding[source] | — |
244 m (800 ft 6 in) LOA[source]
flight deck
Single sourcewaterline
Single source256 ft (78 m) (flight deck) 134 ft (41 m) (waterline)[source]
Beam
Single sourcemoulded breadth
Single sourceofficers 3,789 enlisted
Single source508 officers 3,789 enlisted[source]
(90 more on option) of which: 5 Flag Officers and VIPs 486 crew 211 embarked air wing 140 C 4 staff 360 troops (90 more on option)
Single source1,202 (90 more on option) of which: 5 Flag Officers and VIPs 486 crew 211 embarked air wing 140 C 4 staff 360 troops (90 more on option)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Operators | United States Navy[source] | — |
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| Preceded by | Nimitz class[source] | — |
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| Cost | Program cost: US$ 37.30 billion (FY2018) Unit cost: US$12.998 billion (FY2018)[source] | € 1.39 billion (2010)[source] |
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| Built | 2009–present[source] | — |
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| In service | 2017–present[source] | 10 June 2009[source] |
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| Planned | 10[source] | — |
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| On order | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Type | Aircraft carrier[source] | Aircraft carrier[source] |
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| Decks | 25[source] | — |
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| Propulsion | Four shafts[source] | — |
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| Endurance | 50-year service life[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | AN/SPY-3 Multi-Function Radar (MFR) X band active electronically scanned array (CVN-78) AN/SPY-4 Volume Search Radar (VSR) S band active electronically scanned array (CVN-78) AN/SPY-6(V)3 Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) S band active electronically scanned array (CVN-79 and up) AN/SPQ-9B X band surface search radar (CVN-79 and up)[source] | – Selex RAN-40L 3D L-band long-range radar Selex ES EMPAR (SPY-790) multifunction radar Selex ES RAN-30X/I RASS (SPS-791) surface radar 2 × SELEX ES RTN-25X Orion, fire direction radars PAR (Precision Approach Radar) Selex ES MM/SPN-720 PALS (Precision Approach and Landing System) Telephonics AN/SPN-41A 2 × GEM Elettronica MM/SPN-753(v)10 navigation radars Selex ES SIR-R/S IFF system TACAN SRN-15 A WASS SNA-2000 Mine Avoidance Sonar ( Leonardo Thesan ) 2 × Selex ES IRST SASS (Silent Acquisition and Surveillance System) GEM Elettronica IRST EOSS-100 underwater telephone[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32(V)6 electronic warfare system AN/SLQ-25C Nixie towed torpedo decoys[source] | Elettronica Spa NETTUNO-4100 ECM System – EW System (RESM/CESM, RECM)[source] |
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| Armament | Surface-to-air missiles : 2 × Mk 29 Guided Missile Launching Systems, 8 × RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) each 2 × Mk 49 Guided Missile Launching Systems, 21 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles each Guns: 3 × Phalanx CIWS 4 × Mk 38 25 mm Machine Gun Systems 4 × M2 .50 cal. (12.7 mm) machine guns[source] | 4 × 8-cell A-43 Sylver launchers carrying the MBDA Aster 15 surface-to-air missile 2 × OTO Melara 76/62 mm Strales guns 3 × OTO Melara 25/80 gun with Oerlikon KBA 25mm 2 × ODLS-H/ODLS OTO Melara decoy launching systems[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 75+[source] | flight deck: 232.60 m (763 ft 1 in) × 34.5 m (113 ft 2 in) 20–30 hangar capacity: 134.2 m (440 ft 3 in) × 21.0 m (68 ft 11 in) 10 × F-35B Lightning II 12 × AgustaWestland AW101 LBA Systems Bayraktar TB3 (future)[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | 1,092 ft × 252 ft (333 m × 77 m) flight deck[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | United States[source] | — |
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| Namesake | — | Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour[source] |
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| Ordered | — | 22 November 2000[source] |
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| Builder | — | Fincantieri[source] |
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| Laid down | — | 17 July 2001[source] |
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| Launched | — | 20 July 2004[source] |
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| Commissioned | — | 27 March 2008[source] |
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| Home port | — | Taranto[source] |
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| Identification | — | Pennant number : 550[source] |
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| Motto | — | In arduis servare mentem Remain calm even in dire straits[source] |
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| Status | — | Active[source] |
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| Notes | — | 4 LCVP[source] |
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| National origin | — | Italy[source] |
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29.1 m (95 ft 6 in) 39 m (127 ft 11 in) moulded breadth[source]