Nine Nimitz-class aircraft carriers were built from 1968 to 200 1 * *, namely Nimitz, Eisenhower, Carl Vinson, Roosevelt, Lincoln, Washington and Stannis.
Displacement: fully loaded with 93,900 tons.
Specification: total length 109 1.9 ft (332.8 m), hull width 134.2 ft (40.9 m), flight deck width 253 ft (77. 1 m) and draft 37./kloc-.
Carrier-based aircraft: 24 Grumman F- 14A Tomcat Fighters, 24 McDonnell Douglas F-18 Hornet Fighters, 10 Grumman A-6E Intruder Attackers, 4 Grumman Ka -6D Intruder Aerial Tankers, 4 EA-6B Rovers Electronic Counter and 4 Grumman Attackers.
Equipment: 3 sets of Mk 29 puffin air defense missile launchers and 3 sets of Mk 15 dense array short-range weapon systems (4 sets of CVN 70).
Speed: Two pressurized A4W/A 1g nuclear reactors (280,000 shaft horsepower), four shafts, and the speed is more than 30 knots.
Staffing on board: officers 16 1 person, 3040 soldiers and 2480 carrier-based aviation personnel, totaling 568 1 person.
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier has an oil load of 1 10,000 tons and aviation ammunition of 3,000 tons. The carrier-based aircraft company can control 250,000 square kilometers of sea area and airspace, and can dispatch 200 sorties to perform combat missions every day, and its loading capacity is 2-3 times that of other active aircraft carriers in the United States.
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is the second generation nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the United States and the largest aircraft carrier in the world today. Its seven carrier-based aircraft with different purposes can attack enemy planes, ships, submarines and land targets, support land operations, protect the maritime fleet, and lay mines in the sea area around the aircraft carrier hundreds of nautical miles to implement maritime blockade. The battle group it leads usually consists of 4-6 guided missile cruisers, destroyers, submarines and supply ships.
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier has its own powerful defense system, including missiles, artillery, electronic warfare systems and sea sparrow missile launchers. Radar-guided sea sparrow is a short-range missile, which can attack aircraft and intercept enemy cruise missiles. Its short-range artillery system has automatic search and aiming radar, and the 20 mm short-range artillery system can fire more than 3,000 shells per minute, which can effectively defend against short-range attacks by enemy planes and missiles.
These two nuclear reactors provide the aircraft carrier with almost unlimited endurance of more than 30 knots. The electricity provided by eight 8000 kW turbine generators can be used by cities with a population of over 654.38 million. Four desalination plants provide Nimitz-class aircraft carriers with 18 18440 liters of fresh water every day. Under normal circumstances, the ship has food and daily necessities for its personnel to eat for 90 days.
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is equipped with two A4W sealed water nuclear reactors, four aircraft elevators, four aircraft catapults, four sea sparrow missile launchers, three to four "dense array" 20mm short-range artillery weapon systems, SPS-48E three-dimensional air search radar, SPS-49(V)5 two-dimensional air search radar and three MK-9655.
In the 1960s, the US military launched a plan to replace the midway ship. Due to the successful development of the nuclear-powered ship enterprise CVN 65, the navy almost agreed to replace the Midway class with a new nuclear-powered ship-although its construction cost is staggering, even if it is as rich as the United States, it is a heavy burden.
After a series of discussions, the Nimitz (CVN 68) nuclear power ship finally got the construction funds on July 1966 1. However, due to some factors, this plan has been postponed again and again. Although the problem was finally solved and the Nimitz-class ship was successfully completed, it was several years behind schedule. Their service time is as follows: Nimitz was May 3rd, 75, Eisenhower was 771October18th, Vincent was March13rd, 82, and Roosevelt was? 65438,' 861October 25th, USS Lincoln entered service on October 25th,' 8911. As for the three ships under construction, Washington, Stannis and America were completed in 1993, 1995 and 1997 respectively.
The size and configuration of the Nimitz-class flight deck are completely different from those of the last Kennedy of Kitty Hawk. The configuration of the lower deck cabin of Nimitz-class hangar is much better than Braveheart, because there are fewer nuclear reactors. Its propulsion system is divided into two parts, separated by an ammunition depot, and the aviation fuel quantity has also increased by 20% (normally enough 16 days). Nimitz-class combat effectiveness is extremely strong, but it also needs a lot of equipment and manpower to maintain. At present, each ship carries 86 planes and 6286 people, which makes Nimitz-class ships gather huge resources and become the most attractive target in the war! Of course, the cost of these huge ships is also extremely amazing. For example, the total price of the two ships ordered in fiscal year 83 reached 6.559 billion US dollars (1983 currency), and this does not include the funds for carrier aircraft).
Nimitz will be in service at least until 2020, and the rest of the ships may be in service for a longer period.
Kiev class in Russia
Displacement: Kiev class: 43,000 tons, modified Kiev class: 45,000 tons.
Specification: total length 273m, total width 53m, Kiev class draft: 9.5m, improved Kiev class:10m.
Carrier aircraft: 1 2 Yakolev) Yak-38A Forger) A fighter,1Yak-38B blacksmith B fighter, 19 Ka-27 kamov Snail A anti-submarine helicopter and 3 Ka-25 Helmont B calibration helicopters.
Equipment: Kiev class: SS-N- 12 anti-submarine missile launchers (four pairs), 533mm torpedo tubes (10), Type 53 torpedoes and SA-N-3B air defense missile launchers (divided into two pairs, one launcher (10) and SA-N-0). Only Kiev and Minsk are installed), four SA-N-9 air defense missiles are installed with six vertical launches (one launcher has 24 missiles and only Novorovsk is installed), 1 SUW-N- 1 anti-submarine missile dual-arm launchers, two 76mm naval guns installed in pairs, eight 30mm six-barrel guns and RBU/kloc.
Improved Kiev class: SS-N- 12 anti-submarine missile launcher 12 (6 pairs, 24 spare missiles). There are 4 SA-N-9 air defense missiles, 6 vertical launch systems (6 magazines and 1 launcher, 48 missiles), 2 100 mm machine guns, 8 30 mm six-tube machine guns and 2 RBU 1200 ten-tube rocket launchers.
Main engine: 4 sets of gear-driven turbines (200,000 shaft horsepower) with four shafts and a speed of 32 knots.
During World War II and the following years, the former Soviet Union gradually established a huge naval air force, including about 4,000 fighters, bombers and reconnaissance planes. However, in Khrushchev's post-war reorganization plan, naval aviation was greatly abolished and many aircraft were greatly reduced. There was no plan to build an aircraft carrier at that time. In fact, the question of whether to build an aircraft carrier has caused heated discussions within the former Soviet Union. The first cross I-class cruiser was completed in 1967, and a helicopter can be carried in the hangar on board, which opened up a new road for the Moscow class that appeared one year later.
Moscow-class displacement 18,000 tons, is an aircraft carrier capable of carrying18 Ka -25 Helmont helicopters. Moscow's sister ship Leningrad could have been the pioneer of its expansion in the plan, but it was later cancelled and no Moscow-class follow-up ship started construction. Shortly before the Moscow was built, the first vertical/short-range take-off and landing combat surface of the former Soviet Union appeared at an air show in the suburbs of Moscow, and this kind of aircraft was found in other occasions. At present, when the Soviet Union began to build a huge warship in Nico Rayev in 197 1, people can't help but think of these two messages-the former Soviet Union will soon have an aircraft carrier.
The British Falcon fighter was completed in 1966. In the following five years, Falcon completed a series of take-off and landing tests in navies of many countries. 1976 In August, when the American aircraft carrier Kiev appeared in the Black Sea, it opened the world's eyes. It not only carries a large number of aircraft as its "aircraft carrier" title, but also has strong armed forces to fight on the water.
There are eight anti-ship missile launchers at the bow of Kiev-class warships, and many other missiles are equipped around the superstructure. Four 76 mm guns are traditional defensive weapons. The ship is also equipped with radar and sonar, which is very different from American ships.
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