USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) Specifications

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Class overview
Name:	Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, Ronald Reagan subclass
Builders:	Northrop Grumman Newport News
Operators:	United States Navy
In commission:	July 12, 2003
Active:	1
Name:	USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)
Ordered:	December 8, 1994
Builder:	Northrop Grumman Newport News and Dry Dock Company
Cost:	$4.5 billion
Laid down:	February 12, 1998
Launched:	March 4, 2001
Christened:	March 4, 2001
Sponsored by:	Nancy Reagan
Commissioned:	July 12, 2003
In service:	July 21, 2003 (maiden voyage)
Reclassified:	CVN-76
Homeport:	NAS North Island San Diego, Ca.
Status:	in active service, as of 2011
General characteristics
Class and type:	Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, Ronald Reagan subclass
Displacement:	101,400 long tons (113,600 short tons)
Length:	1,092 feet (332.8 m)
Beam:	Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m)
Draft:	Maximum navigational: 37 ft (11.3 m)
Propulsion:	2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors 4 × steam turbines 4 × shafts 260,000 shp (194 MW)
Speed:	30+ knots (56+ km/h; 35+ mph)
Range:	Essentially unlimited distance; 20 years
Complement:	Ship's company: 3,200 Air wing: 2,480
Sensors and processing systems:	SPS-48E 3-D air search radar SPS-49A(V)1 2-D air search radar SPQ-9B fire control radar 2 × SPN-46 air traffic control radars SPN-43C air traffic control radar SPN-41 instrument landing system radar 3 × Mk 91 NSSM guidance systems 3 × Mk 95 radars
Electronic warfare and decoys:	SLQ-32A(V)4 Countermeasures suite SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures
Armament:	2 × Mk 29 Sea Sparrow 2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
Armor:	Classified
Aircraft carried:	90 fixed wing and helicopters
Motto:	Peace Through Strength
Nickname:	Gipper

 

 

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