History: USS Ronald Reagan CVN-76
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| Career | |
| Role | Aircraft carrier |
| Namesake : | US President Ronald Reagan |
| Status : | in active service (as of 2012) |
| Ordered : | 8 December 1994 |
| Laid down : | 12 February 1998 |
| Launched : | 4 March 2001 |
| Sponsored by: | Nancy Reagan |
| Commissioned : | 12 July 2003 |
| Homeport : | NAS North Island Coronado, CA |
| Badge: | @badge@ |
| Class and type : | Nimitz class |
| Ronald Reagan subclass | |
| Displacement : | 101,400 long tons |
| (113,600 short tons) | |
| Length : | Overall: 1,092 feet (332.8 m) |
| Waterline: 1,040 feet (317.0 m) | |
| Beam : | Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m) |
| Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m) | |
| Draft : | Max. navigational: 37 ft (11.3 m) |
| Limit: 41 ft (12.5 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 : | Unlimited distance; 20-25 years |
| Complement : | Ship's company: 3,200 |
| Air wing: 2,480 | |
| Ship 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 ILS radar | |
| 3*Mk 91 NSSM guidance systems | |
| 3*Mk 95 radars | |
| Electronic warfare : | SLQ-32A(V)4 Countermeasures |
| SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo counterm. | |
| Armament : | 2*Mk 29 Sea Sparrow |
| 2*RIM-116 Rolling Airframe | |
| Armor : | Classified |
| Aircraft carried : | 90 fixed wing/helicopters |
| Motto : | Peace Through Strength |
| Nicname : | Gipper |
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Table of contents
Ship's seal
Design and construction
Naming
Technology
Operational Service
Commanding officers
See also
Further reading
@furtherarticles@
History
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