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To: em2vn

Class and type:	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier
Displacement:	appx. 100,000 tons
Length:	1,092 ft (333 m)
Beam:	134 ft (41 m)
Propulsion:	2 × A1B reactor
Speed:	30+ knots
Range:	Unlimited distance; 20-25 years
Complement:	4,660
Armament:	Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile
Rolling Airframe Missile
Close-in weapons system (CIWS)
Aircraft carried:	More than 75

16 posted on 01/03/2012 4:23:36 PM PST by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

Three elevators and they moved the mast way to the back.

So it’s a whole new class then. Ugh... “a Ford class carrier”.

Should have saved the Reagan name for this one.


17 posted on 01/03/2012 5:37:59 PM PST by delapaz
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