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Measured figures
LOA
Single source244 m (800 ft 6 in) LOA[source]
Overall
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Italian aircraft carrier Cavour | Nimitz-class aircraft carrier |
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| Power | 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] | 2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors ( HEU 93.5%) 4 × steam turbines 4 × shafts 260,000 shp (190 MW)[source] |
| Name | Cavour[source] | Nimitz -class aircraft carrier[source] |
| Namesake | Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour[source] | — |
| Ordered | 22 November 2000[source] | — |
Waterline
Single sourceOverall : 1,092 ft (332.8 m) Waterline : 1,040 ft (317.0 m)[source]
Beam
Single sourcemoulded breadth
Single source29.1 m (95 ft 6 in) 39 m (127 ft 11 in) moulded breadth[source]
Overall
Single sourceWaterline
Single sourceincluding airwing
Single source5,000–5,200 (including airwing)[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]
Ship's company: 3,532 Air wing: 2,480[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Builder | Fincantieri[source] | — |
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| Cost | € 1.39 billion (2010)[source] | US$1.98 billion in 1975 ($11.4 billion in 2024)[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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| In service | 10 June 2009[source] | 1975–present[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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| Type | Aircraft carrier[source] | Aircraft carrier[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | – 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] | AN/SPS-48E 3-D air search radar AN/SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search radar AN/SPQ-9 B target acquisition radar AN/SPN-46 air traffic control radars AN/SPN-43C air traffic control radar AN/SPN-41 landing aid radars 4 × Mk 91 NSSM guidance systems 4 × Mk 95 radars[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | Elettronica Spa NETTUNO-4100 ECM System – EW System (RESM/CESM, RECM)[source] | AN/SLQ-32A(V)4 countermeasures suite SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures[source] |
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| Armament | 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] | 2–3 × Mk 29 Guided Missile Launching Systems, 8 × RIM-162 ESSM or RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missiles each 3–4 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk 49 Guided Missile Launching Systems, 21 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles each Mk 38 25 mm Machine Gun Systems[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 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] | 85–90 fixed wing and helicopters[source] |
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| Notes | 4 LCVP[source] | — |
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| National origin | Italy[source] | — |
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| Builders | — | Newport News Shipbuilding Company[source] |
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| Operators | — | United States Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Enterprise class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Gerald R. Ford class[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Theodore Roosevelt class and Ronald Reagan class[source] |
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| Built | — | 1968–2006[source] |
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| In commission | — | 3 May 1975–present[source] |
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| Completed | — | 10[source] |
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| Active | — | 10[source] |
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| Armor | — | 2.5 in (64 mm) Kevlar over vital spaces[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | United States[source] |
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Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m) Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m)[source]