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To: fredhead

Doesn’t it seem like it should be heavier than just 90,000 tons? Sure the hell looks heavier. Consider all the weight inside plus the planes, nuke plant, etc.


45 posted on 12/28/2011 11:38:09 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Official stats from when I served on Nimitz and Eisenhower: displacement 98000 tons, length 1098 feet, width (at widest point of flight deck) 253 feet, speed in excess of 30 knots, used to be a complement of 80 aircraft back when the F-14 and A6 were in service, flight deck area about 4 1/2 acres, crew (with airwing) around 5000.


99 posted on 12/29/2011 3:49:40 AM PST by fredhead (Vegetarian - Old Indian word for poor hunter.)
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