supercarriers of the united states by wikiawesome previewed and edited by melanie wisner
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Supercarriers of the united states
By Wikiawesome
Previewed and edited by Melanie Wisner
Supercarriers• Unofficial term for larger aircraft carriers• Are over 70,000 tonnes• Biggest warships ever built• CATOBAR is the system used to catapult airplanes
with takeoff runway needed is that over 500 ft. ( the length of the aircraft carrier takeoff strip)
• The BAR in CATOBAR is arrestor wires which reduce the landing area needed
UNITED STATES CLASSCanceled Supercarriers.
USS United States• CVAN-58• Canceled 5 days after Keel was laid• Canceled April 23, 1949
FORESTAL CLASS
Lighter supercarriers, considered super even though 2,000-9,000 tonnes under 70,000 tonnes
USS Forrestal• CV-59 (N in
designation means nuclear powered, not because no “N”)
• Decommissioned 11 September 1993
• Lead Ship Of Class
USS Saratoga• CV-60• Decommissioned
20 August 1994
USS Ranger• CV-61• Decommissioned 10
July 1993• On donation Hold
USS Independence• CV-62• Decommissioned 30
September 1998. • Awaiting disposal• Last Of Forrestal
Class Supercarriers
KITTY HAWK CLASSRight at 69,000 tonnes, considered supercarriers
USS Kitty Hawk• Lead Ship of class• CV-63• Decommissioned 12
May 2009.• In reserve until
2015
USS Constellation• CV-64• Decommissioned 6
August 2003. • Awaiting disposal• Fastest Supercarrier
ever built
USS America
• CV-66• Built after USS
Enterprise even though Kitty Hawk Class
• Decommissioned 9 August 1996
• Last Kitty Hawk Class Supercarrier
ENTERPRISE-CLASSFirst supercarrier that is Nuclear powered.
USS Enterprise• CVN-65• Only of class built
due to funding cuts after cold war
• Longest active ship in the united states navy (51+ Years)
• Will be replaced By USS Gerald R. Ford
KENNEDY CLASS
Most Canceled due to cold war funding cuts, would be Nimitz but different angle on the angled flight deck
USS John F. Kennedy
• Lead ship of class• CV-67• Decommissioned 1
August 2007• Last conventionally
Powered Supercarrier/ Aircraft Carrier
NIMITZ-CLASS
First full supercarrier Class of more than 1 supercarrier. Also Nuclear powered
USS Nimitz• CVN-68• Lead Ship• Will be replaced by
The USS John F. Kennedy CVN-79
• Has CATOBAR system
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower• CVN-69• Still Active• To be replaced by
CVN-80
USS Carl Vinson• CVN 70• Has CATOBAR
system• No scheduled
replacement
USS Theodore Roosevelt• CVN-71• No scheduled
replacement
USS Abraham Lincoln
• CVN-72• No scheduled
Replacement
USS George Washington• CVN-73• No scheduled
replacement
USS John C. Stennis• CVN-74• No scheduled
replacement
USS Harry S. Truman
• CVN-75• No scheduled
replacement
USS Ronald Reagan
• CVN-76• No scheduled
replacement
USS George H. W. Bush
• CVN-77• No scheduled
replacement
FORD CLASSPlanned Class. Currently 3 planned
USS Gerald R. Ford• CVN-78• Scheduled to replace USS Enterprise• Lead Ship• Keel Laid
USS John F. Kennedy• CVN-79• Planned to replace USS Nimitz• Steel Cut
Unnamed• CVN-80• Most likely going to be named Barry
Goldwater• Planned to replace USS Dwight D.
Eisenhower