Supercarriers of the united states

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Previewed and edited by Melanie Wisner

Supercarriers• Unofficial term for larger aircraft carriers• Are over 70,000 tonnes• Biggest warships ever built• CATOBAR is the system used to catapult airplanes

with takeoff runway needed is that over 500 ft. ( the length of the aircraft carrier takeoff strip)

• The BAR in CATOBAR is arrestor wires which reduce the landing area needed

UNITED STATES CLASSCanceled Supercarriers.

USS United States• CVAN-58• Canceled 5 days after Keel was laid• Canceled April 23, 1949

FORESTAL CLASS

Lighter supercarriers, considered super even though 2,000-9,000 tonnes under 70,000 tonnes

USS Forrestal• CV-59 (N in

designation means nuclear powered, not because no “N”)

• Decommissioned 11 September 1993

• Lead Ship Of Class

USS Saratoga• CV-60• Decommissioned

20 August 1994

USS Ranger• CV-61• Decommissioned 10

July 1993• On donation Hold

USS Independence• CV-62• Decommissioned 30

September 1998. • Awaiting disposal• Last Of Forrestal

Class Supercarriers

KITTY HAWK CLASSRight at 69,000 tonnes, considered supercarriers

USS Kitty Hawk• Lead Ship of class• CV-63• Decommissioned 12

May 2009.• In reserve until

2015

USS Constellation• CV-64• Decommissioned 6

August 2003. • Awaiting disposal• Fastest Supercarrier

ever built

USS America

• CV-66• Built after USS

Enterprise even though Kitty Hawk Class

• Decommissioned 9 August 1996

• Last Kitty Hawk Class Supercarrier

ENTERPRISE-CLASSFirst supercarrier that is Nuclear powered.

USS Enterprise• CVN-65• Only of class built

due to funding cuts after cold war

• Longest active ship in the united states navy (51+ Years)

• Will be replaced By USS Gerald R. Ford

KENNEDY CLASS

Most Canceled due to cold war funding cuts, would be Nimitz but different angle on the angled flight deck

USS John F. Kennedy

• Lead ship of class• CV-67• Decommissioned 1

August 2007• Last conventionally

Powered Supercarrier/ Aircraft Carrier

NIMITZ-CLASS

First full supercarrier Class of more than 1 supercarrier. Also Nuclear powered

USS Nimitz• CVN-68• Lead Ship• Will be replaced by

The USS John F. Kennedy CVN-79

• Has CATOBAR system

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower• CVN-69• Still Active• To be replaced by

CVN-80

USS Carl Vinson• CVN 70• Has CATOBAR

system• No scheduled

replacement

USS Theodore Roosevelt• CVN-71• No scheduled

replacement

USS Abraham Lincoln

• CVN-72• No scheduled

Replacement

USS George Washington• CVN-73• No scheduled

replacement

USS John C. Stennis• CVN-74• No scheduled

replacement

USS Harry S. Truman

• CVN-75• No scheduled

replacement

USS Ronald Reagan

• CVN-76• No scheduled

replacement

USS George H. W. Bush

• CVN-77• No scheduled

replacement

FORD CLASSPlanned Class. Currently 3 planned

USS Gerald R. Ford• CVN-78• Scheduled to replace USS Enterprise• Lead Ship• Keel Laid

USS John F. Kennedy• CVN-79• Planned to replace USS Nimitz• Steel Cut

Unnamed• CVN-80• Most likely going to be named Barry

Goldwater• Planned to replace USS Dwight D.

Eisenhower