From start to finish: CVN-77 (USS George HW Bush)
Technical characteristics of the aircraft carrier CVN-77 "George Bush":
Full displacement - 102000 tons;
Maximum length - 333 m;
Maximum width - 77 m;
Draft - 11,7 m;
The power plant - 280000 HP, 4 steam turbines, 4 propellers;
Speed - more than 30 nodes;
Crew - 6000 man.
Armament aircraft carrier:
2x8 Zi "Sea Sparrow";
2х21 SAM RIM-116;
2 20-mm phalanx anti-aircraft installations;
The composition of the aircraft wing:
Total - 68 aircraft and helicopters:
48 fighter-attack aircraft F / A-18 "Hornet";
4 E-2C Hokai long-range aircraft;
4 e-counter-aircraft EA-6B "Prowler";
4 C-2A Greyhound transport aircraft;
X-NUMX helicopters SH-8 "Sea Hawk";
Flight and technical staff - 2480 people .;
Laid down on September 6, 2003, launched on October 9, 2006, included fleet 10th of January 2009
The Northrop Grumman shipyard is located near the city of Newport, Virginia, at the mouth of the James River. Founded in 1886. One of the largest shipbuilding companies in the USA and one of two (General Dynamics) companies producing ships with a nuclear power plant. The shipyard has 7 stationary dry docks, one floating dry dock, two berths for the construction of ships afloat, 5 piers for repair and modernization of ships.
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