U.S.S. Enterprise
CVAN-65
1964
(Argos AS-68)
- Class: Enterprise - 1 nuclear-propelled attack aircraft carrier of 1958
- Displacement: 75,700 tons
- Dimensions: 1040' (wl) 1123' (oa) x 133' x 35'9"
- Machinery: 8 pressurized-water A2W reactors (Westinghouse),
steam turbines (General Electric); 280,000 shp; 4 shafts
- Speed: 30+ knots
- Missiles: 3 8-tube NATO Sea Sparrow launchers Mk 29
- Guns: 4 20mm Phalanx CIWS Mk 16
- Aircraft: 90
- Complement: 3,157 + 2,628 (air wing)
- Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA
- Keel Laid: 4 Feb 1958
- Launched: 24 Sep 1960
- Commissioned: 25 Nov 1961
- Deommissioned: 1 Dec 2012
- Service: Second U.S. nuclear-powered surface warship.
Classification changed to a multi-mission carrier CVN-65 on 30 Jun 1975
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