Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: RexBeach
I think she still has the longest flight deck, but her displacement (which is what most size comparisons take into account) is smaller than the Nimitz's.
9 posted on 06/21/2007 5:23:44 AM PDT by Tallguy (Climate is what you plan for, weather is what you get.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies ]


To: Tallguy; Broker; RexBeach

It is longer:

Navy fact File
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=200&ct=4

General Characteristics, Enterprise Class
Displacement: 89,600 tons
Length: 1,101 feet 2 inches

General Characteristics, Nimitz Class
Approximately 97,000 tons
Length: 1,092 feet

USS Enterprise CVN-65
http://www.enterprise.navy.mil/


97 posted on 06/21/2007 10:01:04 PM PDT by quietolong
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson