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  • 'Mundane' And Nuclear Improvements Planned To Reduce CVN-21 Crew

    02/24/2003 12:23:31 PM PST · by Stand Watch Listen · 4 replies · 343+ views
    Inside The Navy | February 24, 2003 | Jason Ma
    NEWPORT NEWS, VA -- To reduce the crew size of the Navy's next-generation carrier by 800 compared to a Nimitz-class hull, ship designers will assess how almost everything on the new ship -- from light bulbs to the nuclear propulsion plant -- could reduce the crew's workload. Current Nimitz-class carriers carry 3,200 for the ship's company and 2,480 for the air wing. The Navy wants the new CVN-21, the first in a new class of carriers, to reduce the ship's company, but not the air wing, said Navy spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Danny Hernandez. The Bush administration's fiscal year 2004 budget...