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Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
US Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier class
"Nimitz Class" redirects here. For 1997 novel, see Nimitz Class (novel).
USS Nimitz (CVN-68), lead ship of the class of supercarriers, at sea near Victoria, British Columbia, after the 1999–2001 refit | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Nimitz-class aircraft carrier |
| Builders | Newport News Shipbuilding Company |
| Operators | United States Navy |
| Preceded by | |
| Succeeded by | Gerald R.
Ford class |
| Subclasses | |
| Cost | US$1.98 billion in 1975[1] ($11.2 billion in 2023)[2] |
| Built | 1968–2006 |
| In service | 1975–present |
| In commission | 3 May 1975 |
| Planned | 10 |
| Completed | 10 |
| Active | 10 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Aircraft carrier |
| Displacement | 100,000 to 104,600 long tons (101,600–106,300 t) full load[3] |
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| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 30 kno
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