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Aircraft carrier
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is a aircraft carrier. It was built by Newport News Shipbuilding Company.
United StatesUSS Nimitz (CVN-68), a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, after its 1999–2001 refit.
U.S. Navy · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · ModifiedTechnical data
Nimitz -class aircraft carrier
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
United States Navy
Enterprise class
Gerald R. Ford class
Theodore Roosevelt class and Ronald Reagan class
US$1.98 billion in 1975 ($11.4 billion in 2024)
1968–2006
1975–present
3 May 1975–present
10
10
Aircraft carrier
100,000 to 104,600 long tons (101,600–106,300 t) full load
Overall : 1,092 ft (332.8 m) Waterline : 1,040 ft (317.0 m)
Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m) Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m)
Maximum navigational: 37 ft (11.3 m) Limit: 41 ft (12.5 m)
2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors ( HEU 93.5%) 4 × steam turbines 4 × shafts 260,000 shp (190 MW)
30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)+
Unlimited distance; 20–25 years
Ship's company: 3,532 Air wing: 2,480
5,000–5,200 (including airwing)
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
AN/SLQ-32A(V)4 countermeasures suite SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures
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
2.5 in (64 mm) Kevlar over vital spaces
85–90 fixed wing and helicopters
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Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Visual reference
Concept illustration · Not a photographConcept illustration — Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
U.S. Navy · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · ModifiedPoints represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 332.8 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 332.8 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 332.8 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 332.8 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 332.8 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
United StatesUS Navy exact named equipment holdings: Nimitz. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS / CVN. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.