PLATFORM TYPE:   NIMITZ CLASS NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER
                 (CVN)
PLATFORM NAME:   USS NIMITZ CVN 68
                 USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER CVN 69
                 USS CARL VINSON CVN 70
                 USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT CVN 71
                 USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN CVN 72
                 USS GEORGE WASHINGTON CVN 73
                 USS JOHN C. STENNIS CVN 74
                 USS UNITED STATES CVN 75

DESCRIPTION:     MULTI-MISSION ROLE OF ATTAK/ASW
SPEED:           30KTS+
MANNING LEVEL:   3387
                 3166 AIRCREW
                 95 FLAG CREW
DIMENSNIONS:     1092 x 134 x 39 FT
DISPLACEMENT:    102,000
POWERPLANT:      4 TURBINES 260,000 HP
                 4 EMERGENCY DIESELS 10,720 HP
                 4 SHAFTS

SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES:
                 3 GMLS MK29 OCTUPLE LAUNCHERS
                 NATO SEA SPARROW

GUNS:            4  20mm VULCAN PHALANX 6-BARRELLED MK15

FIRE CONTROL:    3 MK91 MOD 1 MFCS DIRECTORS
                 (PART OF THE NSSMS MK57 SAM SYSTEM)

RADARS:
    (AIR SRCH):        SPS-48E (E/F-BAND)
                       SPS-49(V)5 (C/D-BAND)
                       MK23 TAS (D-BAND)
    (SURFACE SRCH):    SPS-67V (G-BAND)
    (CARRIER CTRL APPROACH):
                       SPN-41
                       2 SPN-42 (CVN 68-70)
                       SPN-43B
                       SPN-44
                       2 SPN-46 (CVN 71-73)
                       (J/K/E/F-BAND)
    (NAVIGATION):      SPS-64(V)9 (I/J-BAND)
    (FIRE CTRL):       6 MK95 (I/J-BAND) FOR SAM
    (TACAN):           URN-25

COUNTERMEASURES:
    (DECOY):           4 SBROC 6-BARRELLED FIXED MK36
                       IR FLARES AND CHAFF
                       SSTDS (TORPEDO DEFENSE SYSTEM)
                       SLQ-36 NIXIE
    (ESM/ECM):         SLQ-29 TO BE REPLACED BY SLQ-32(V)4
                       IN RETROFIT
                       WLR-8 RADAR WARNING
                       SLQ-17AV JAMMER AND DECEPTION

SATCOMM:               SRR-1
                       WSC-3 (UHF)
                       WSC-6 (SHF)
                       USC-38 (EHF)

COMBAT DATA SYSTEMS:   NTDS/ACDS
                       LINKS 4A, 11 AND 14
                       LINK 16 IN TIME
                       JOTS
                       POST
                       CIVIC
                       TESS
                       UMM-1(V)1
                       SSQ-82

AIRCRAFT:              20 F-14 TOMCATS
                       20 F/A-18 HORNETS
                        6 EA-6B PROWLERS
                       14 A-6E INTRUDERS 
                        4 KA-6D TANKERS
                        5 E-2C HAWKEYES
                       10 S-3A/B VIKINGS

HELICOPTERS:            6 SH-3G/H/SH SEA KINGS

COUNTRY:               USA


 
