Enterprise Class Aircraft Carriers: General Characteristics

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Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, VA

Date Deployed: November 25, 1961 (USS Enterprise)
Propulsion: Eight nuclear reactors, four shafts
Length: 1,101 feet 2 inches (335.64 meters)
Beam: 133 feet (39.9 meters); 252 feet (75.6 meters)
Displacement: 89,600 tons ( 81,283.8 metric tons) full load
Speed: 30+ knots (34.5 miles per hour)
Crew: Ship's Company: 3,350 - Air Wing 2,480
Armaments: Two Sea Sparrow missile launchers, three Phalanx 20 mm CIWS mounts
Aircraft: 85

Ship:
USS Enterprise (CVN 65), Norfolk, VA

Scheduled to be replaced by the Gerald R. Ford Class Aircraft Carriers

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Enterprise Class Aircraft Carriers: General Characteristics

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