The active carriers of the US Navy as of 2008
Active Kitty Hawk-class carriers:
Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
Active Enterprise-class carriers:
Enterprise (CVN-65)
Active Nimitz-class carriers:
Nimitz (CVN-68)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) Carl Vinson (CVN-70) Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) George Washington (CVN-73) John C. Stennis (CVN-74) Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)
Sunday, November 30, 2008
battleship yamato specifications
Displacement: 65,027 tonnes 71,659 tonnes full load Length: 256 m Beam: 36 m Draft: 11 m (maximum) Crew: 2,750 Armament (1941): 9 of 460 mm guns in 3 triple turrets; 12 of 155 mm guns in 4 triple turrets; 12 of 12.7 mm guns in 6 twin turrets; 24 of 25 mm AA guns; 8 of 13 mm AA guns. By 1945 six of the 155 mm and all 13 mm guns had been removed and the AA defences had been boosted to 146 of 25 mm guns. Power: 12 Kanpon boilers, driving 4 steam turbines, 150,000 shp (estimated) Speed: 27 knots Endurance: 11,500 km at 16 knots (a knot being about 1.1 mph or 1.8kph) Armour: 600mm on front of turrets, 409 mm side armour, 198 mm armoured deck
Saturday, November 29, 2008
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Friday, November 28, 2008
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