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Measured figures
Length
Single source285 m (935 ft 0 in)[source]
Overall
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | MUGEM | Nimitz-class aircraft carrier |
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| Complement | — | Ship's company: 3,532 Air wing: 2,480[source] |
| Power | Integrated hybrid electric power system (HVDC backbone)[source] | 2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors ( HEU 93.5%) 4 × steam turbines 4 × shafts 260,000 shp (190 MW)[source] |
| Name | Milli Uçak Gemisi (National Aircraft Carrier)[source] | Nimitz -class aircraft carrier[source] |
| Builders | Istanbul Naval Shipyard[source] | Newport News Shipbuilding Company[source] |
Waterline
Single sourceOverall : 1,092 ft (332.8 m) Waterline : 1,040 ft (317.0 m)[source]
800+ Embarked Personnel: 950. Up to 2,500 total personnel accommodation (crew + air wing + embarked force + mission staff) ROLE 2+ naval hospital capability (surgical suites, intensive care units, triage ward, burn treatment, trauma stabilization, medical evacuation coordination)[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.
| Operators | Turkish Naval Forces[source] | United States Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | Anadolu class[source] | Enterprise class[source] |
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| Building | — |
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| Type | Aircraft carrier[source] | Aircraft carrier[source] |
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| Propulsion | 2 × GE LM6000 gas turbines + 4 × MTU 20V 4000 + 4 × GE APMM (Advanced Permanent Magnet Machine) (IFEP-like integrated electric propulsion) + 2 x CPP[source] | — |
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| Armament | 32 (2x16) cell MiDLAS vertical launching system 4 × GOKDENIZ CIWS 7 × STOP RWS[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 | 25x Aircraft, 3x Helicopters, 15x UAV[source] | 85–90 fixed wing and helicopters[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | 15x Aircraft, 3x Helicopters 5x UAV, 2x Aircraft Lifts, USV, UUV.[source] | — |
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| Status | Construction activities are currently underway[source]First MUGEM-class carrier, currently under construction; no active fleet count. | — |
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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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| Cost | — | US$1.98 billion in 1975 ($11.4 billion in 2024)[source] |
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| Built | — | 1968–2006[source] |
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| In service | — | 1975–present[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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| 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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| Country of origin | — | United States[source] |
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