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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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Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrierlarger figure on 1 of 1
Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrierlarger figure on 0 of 1
Measured figures
Length
Single source1,092 ft (333 m) – 1,106 ft (337 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier | Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier |
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| Crew | About 2,600[source] | — |
| Power | Two Bechtel A1B PWR nuclear reactors , HEU 93.5%[source] | Steam turbines 80,000 shp (60,000 kW ) 200,000 shp (150,000 kW)[source] |
| Name | Gerald R. Ford -class aircraft carrier[source] | Kuznetsov class[source] |
| Builders | Newport News Shipbuilding[source] | Chernomorskiy Shipyard 444 Dalian Shipbuilding Industry |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
305 m (1,000 ft 8 in)[source]
About full load
Single sourceAbout 100,000 long tons (100,000 tonnes) (full load)[source]
light
Single sourcemax
Single sourcestandard
Single source43,000 t (42,000 long tons ), light 55,000 t (54,000 long tons), standard 58,600 t (57,700 long tons), max[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] | People's Liberation Army Navy Soviet Navy (former operator) Russian Navy (former operator)[source] |
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| Preceded by | Nimitz class[source] | Kiev class[source] |
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| Cost | Program cost: US$ 37.30 billion (FY2018) Unit cost: US$12.998 billion (FY2018)[source] | — |
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| Built | 2009–present[source] | 1982–2019[source] |
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| In service | 2017–present[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] | Heavy aircraft cruiser / 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] | — |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32(V)6 electronic warfare system AN/SLQ-25C Nixie towed torpedo decoys[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] | ( Kuznetsov ) 12 × P-700 Granit (SS-N-19 Shipwreck) AShMs 192 × 3K95 Kinzhal (SA-N-9 Gauntlet) SAMs 8 × Kashtan CIWS 6 × AK-630 CIWS 60 × UDAV-1 ASW rockets ( Liaoning and Shandong ) 3 × Type 1130 CIWS 3 × HQ-10 SAMs[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 75+[source] | 30–50 18–32 × fixed-wing aircraft 18–24 × helicopters[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | 1,092 ft × 252 ft (333 m × 77 m) flight deck[source] | 14,700 m 2 (158,000 sq ft) flight deck two aircraft lift bow ski-jump[source] |
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| Country of origin | United States[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Ulyanovsk -class (USSR — cancelled) Project 23000 (Russia — planned) Type 003 (China)[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Type 001 Type 002[source] |
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| In commission | — | 25 December 1990–present[source] |
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| Laid up | — |
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