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Measured figures
Length
Single source305 m (1,000 ft 8 in)[source]
Overall
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier | Nimitz-class aircraft carrier |
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| Power | Steam turbines 80,000 shp (60,000 kW ) 200,000 shp (150,000 kW)[source] | 2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors ( HEU 93.5%) 4 × steam turbines 4 × shafts 260,000 shp (190 MW)[source] |
| Name | Kuznetsov class[source] | Nimitz -class aircraft carrier[source] |
| Builders | Chernomorskiy Shipyard 444 Dalian Shipbuilding Industry[source] | Newport News Shipbuilding Company[source] |
| Operators | People's Liberation Army Navy Soviet Navy (former operator) Russian Navy (former operator) |
Waterline
Single sourceOverall : 1,092 ft (332.8 m) Waterline : 1,040 ft (317.0 m)[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]
full load
Single source100,000 to 104,600 long tons (101,600–106,300 t) full load[source]
including airwing
Single source5,000–5,200 (including airwing)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
United States Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Kiev class[source] | Enterprise class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | Ulyanovsk -class (USSR — cancelled) Project 23000 (Russia — planned) Type 003 (China)[source] | Gerald R. Ford class[source] |
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| Subclasses | Type 001 Type 002[source] | Theodore Roosevelt class and Ronald Reagan class[source] |
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| Built | 1982–2019[source] | 1968–2006[source] |
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| In commission | 25 December 1990–present[source] | 3 May 1975–present[source] |
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| Completed | 10[source] |
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| Active | 10[source] |
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| Laid up | — |
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| Type | Heavy aircraft cruiser / Aircraft carrier[source] | Aircraft carrier[source] |
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| Armament | ( 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] | 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 | 30–50 18–32 × fixed-wing aircraft 18–24 × helicopters[source] | 85–90 fixed wing and helicopters[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | 14,700 m 2 (158,000 sq ft) flight deck two aircraft lift bow ski-jump[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | Soviet Union[source] | United States[source] |
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| Cost | — | US$1.98 billion in 1975 ($11.4 billion in 2024)[source] |
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| In service | — | 1975–present[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | 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 | — | AN/SLQ-32A(V)4 countermeasures suite SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures[source] |
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| Armor | — | 2.5 in (64 mm) Kevlar over vital spaces[source] |
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