US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson can carry more than 60 ...€¦ · 4/13/2017 · The Carl...
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The Carl Vinson strike group
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US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson can carry more than 60 aircraft and a crew of about 6,500.
USS Carl VinsonNimitz-class aircraft carrier(with Carrier Airwing 2)
USS Lake ChamplainTiconderoga-classguided-missile cruiser
USS Wayne E. MeyerUSS Michael MurphyArleigh Burke-classguided-missile destroyers
Typical capacityof a Nimitz-classaircraft carrier
4E-2C/DHawkeye
6H-60Seahawk
55F/A 18Hornet
4EA-18Growler Propulsion:
Length:Speed:Crew:
Aircraft:Armament:
Two nuclear reactors333m30+ knots~6,500~60+Multiple NATO Sea Sparrow,Phalanx CIWS and RollingAirframe Missile mounts
Four gas turbines173m30+ knots330Two Seahawk helicoptersMK-41 vertical launching system;Tomahawk cruise missiles; six torpedoes;two five-inch/54-calibre guns; Phalanx CIWS
Four gas turbines155m30+ knots175noneAegis weapons system;five-inch/54-calibre guns,self-defence guns