[itsahoot]

I was amazed that the crew size is only 400.

USS Ronald Reagan
Complement:
Ship's company: 3,200
Air wing: 2,480

Piker. :)

[Calvin Locke]

Yeah, Nimitz class ~5500, but it carries a modern air wing.

Looked up the Essex class, and say ~3100 with ~100 aircraft.

The US equivalent to the Canberra is a Wasp class LHD, about a third more displacement, and 4X the crew, and more aircraft.

And landing ships...