[Rudder]

The last Nimitz Class built, CVN GHW Bush, has no steam cats.

[mad_as_he$$]

Along with many other changes from the rest of the Nimitz Class hulls.

[tanknetter]

The last Nimitz Class built, CVN GHW Bush, has no steam cats.

Sure it does. Here's a picture of the ship's namesake taking part in the first dead-load launch test of CVN-77's steam catapult system, a few years ago. The white puffy stuff in the picture foreground is the steam from the catapult being tested.



CVN-78 is slated to get the new EM catapults. IF they can get the design to work properly. They've had some recent issue with the prototype ...