Template:Class box Nimitz aircraft carrier
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[edit] Nimitz (CVN 68) class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
- Builders:
United States (Northrop Grumman Newport News, Newport News, Virginia - Displacement: 97,000 tons
- Aircraft: 85 fixed-wing aircraft and helicopter
- Armament: 4 x Sea Sparrow SAM; 4 x Phalanx CIWS; 42 x RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile SAM
- Powerplant: 2 x A4W reactors, 4 x steam turbines (260,000 shp)
- Speed: 30+ knots
- Ships in class: 10 (includes 1 building)
- Operator:
United States Navy - Commissioned: 3 May 1975
- Fate: 9 in service, last scheduled to serve through 2060
