CVN-79
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| Displacement: | 100,000 tons |
| Length: | 1,092 feet (332,84 m) |
| Beam: | 134 feet |
| Propulsion: | 2 nuclear reactors |
| Speed: | 30+ knots |
| Range: | Essentially unlimited |
| Endurance: | Limited only by food |
| Complement: | 4,660 |
| Armament: | Surface-to-air missiles Close-in weapons systems |
| Aircraft carried: | More than 75 |
| Aviation facilities: | 1,092 x 256 foot flight deck |
CVN-79 is the hull designation for a proposed United States Navy aircraft carrier of the CVN-21 class. Construction of this ship (if authorized) would not begin before 2010. In theory, CVN-79 would replace either USS Kitty Hawk or USS John F. Kennedy.
In JAG episode 6x14, CVN-79 was designated as USS Benjamin Harrison. Senator James M. Inhofe has stated an intention to name the ship the USS Wilderness, after the first major battle between Grant and Lee.
[edit] See also
- CVN 78 - The first CVN-21 hull, to be built before the CVN-79.
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