[thackney]

The process of getting through the canal is not easy for the 90,000-ton aircraft carrier. With an average width of 673 feet and only 79 feet in depth, the canal was not designed to accommodate ships of its size.

http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=58633

Tight fit, but it fit.

[thackney]

I doubted it, but it is true.

Enterprise Strike Group Transits Suez Canal, Enters US 5th Fleet

http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/webphoto/web_110215-N-3362C-002.jpg
110215-N-3362C-002 SUEZ CANAL (Feb. 15, 2011) The Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) transits through the Suez Canal, entering the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Electronics Technician Chief William Clay/Released)

[thackney]

Messed up my link and pic, sorry.

Enterprise Strike Group Transits Suez Canal, Enters US 5th Fleet

http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=58633

110215-N-3362C-002 SUEZ CANAL (Feb. 15, 2011) The Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) transits through the Suez Canal, entering the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Electronics Technician Chief William Clay/Released)