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U.S. Navy Fleet

AIRCRAFT CARRIERS

Nimitz Class (CVN-68)

Displacement: 91,487 tons; CVN-71, 96,358 tons: Length: 1,040 feet; Beam: 134 feet; Power Plant: Two nuclear reactors, four GE geared steam turbines and four shafts.

Built by Newport News Shipbuilding

USS Nimitz (CVN-68)

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)

USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)

USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)*

USS George Washington (CVN-73)*

John C. Stennis (CVN-74)*

Unnamed (CVN-75)*

Enterprise Class (CVN-65)

Displacement: 89,600 tons; Length: 1,040 feet; Beam: 133 feet; Power Plant: Eight nuclear reactors, four geared steam tur- bines and four shafts.

Built by Newport News Shipbuilding

USS Enterprise (CVN-65)

John F. Kennedy Class (CV-67)

Displacement: 82,000 tons; Length: 1,052 feet; Beam: 130 feet; Power Plant: Eight boilers, four Westinghouse geared steam turbines and four shafts.

Built by Newport News Shipbuilding

USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)

Kitty Hawk Class (CV-63)

Displacement: 80,800 tons; Length: 1,046 feet; Beam: 130 feet; Power Plant: Eight boilers, four Westinghouse geared steam turbines and four shafts.

Built by New York Shipbuilding

USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)

Built by New York Naval Shipyard

USS Constellation (CV-64)

Built by Newport News Shipbuilding

USS America (CV-66)

Forrestal Class (CV-59)

Displacement: 75,900-79,300 tons; Length: 1,063-1,086 feet; Beam: 129 feet; Power

Plant: Eight boilers, four geared steam tur- bines and four shafts.

Built by Newport News Shipbuilding

USS Forrestal (CV-59)

USS Ranger (CV-61)

Built by New York Naval Shipyard

USS Saratoga (CV-60)

USS Independence (CV-62)

Midway Class (CV-41)

Displacement: 62,000 tons; Length: 979 feet; Beam: 121 feet; Power Plant: Twelve boilers, four geared steam turbines and four shafts.

Built by Newport News Shipbuilding

USS Midway (CV-41)

USS Coral Sea (CV-43)

AMMUNITION SHIPS

Kilauea Class (AE-26)

Displacement: 18,088 tons; Length: 564 feet; Beam: 81 feet; Power Plant: Three boilers, geared turbines and single shaft.

Built by General Dynamics-Quincy

USS Butte (AE-27)

Built by Bethlehem Steel-Sparrows Point

USS Santa Barbara (AE-28)

USS Mount Hood (AE-29)

Built by Ingalls Shipbuilding

USS Flint (AE-32)

USS Shasta (AE-33)

USS Mount Baker (AE-34)

USS Kiska (AE-35)

Suribachi Class (AE-21)

Displacement: 15,500 tons; Length: 512 feet; Beam: 72 feet; Power Plant: Two boil- ers, geared turbines and single shaft.

Built by Bethlehem Steel-Sparrows Point

USS Suribachi (AE-21)

USS Mauna Kea (AE-22)

Nitro Class (AE-23)

Same as Suribachi Class.

Built by Bethlehem Steel-Sparrows Point

USS Nitro (AE-23)

USS Pyro (AE-24)

USS Haleakala (AE-25)

AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIPS

Wasp Class (LHD-1)

Displacement: 40,500 tons; Length: 844 feet; Beam: 106 feet; Power Plant: Two boil- ers, two geared turbines and two shafts.

Built by Ingalls Shipbuilding

USS Wasp (LHD-1)*

USS Essex (LHD-2) *

USS Kearsage (LHD-3) *

Unnamed (LHD-4) * (continued)

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Footnotes: Asterisks denote vessel under contract or construction at yard; (1) Sched- uled for inactivation and defueling by July 1990; (2) Being jumoized at Avondale Ship- yards; (3) Undergoing conversion to (T-AG- 195); (4) Under long-term charter; and (5)

Scheduled for retirement.

June, 1989

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