USS Nimitz (CVN-68) facts for kids

The USS Nimitz (CVN-68)

The USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is a supercarrier of the United States Navy. Starting in late 2011, The USS Nimitz will be stationed at Naval Station Everett in Everett, Washington. It is named after Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.

It is set to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln. Its length is an amazing 1063 feet or 333 meters. It has four steam catapults that can speed up a 100,000 pound plane to 160 mph in 100 meters. It can launch early warning planes, F/A-18 hornets and Super Hornet fighter-bomber aircraft. It is powered by two nuclear reactors and can stay at sea for 24 years without refueling although refueling needs to be done carefully and only in special naval bases. It weighs 100,000 tons. It carries a maximum of 130 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornets or 85-90 other planes.

Images for kids

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  Catherine Nimitz Lay christens Nimitz on May 13, 1972

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  Wreck of an EA-6B Prowler after it crashed during a night landing, 1981

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  Monitor showing data about Nimitz

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  An MV-22 Osprey of VMM-165 lands on Nimitz in October 2012.

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  A C-2 Greyhound of VRC-30 and an F-35C Lightning II of VX-23 ready for launching from Nimitz in November 2014; a second F-35C and an F/A-18F Super Hornet sit behind the catapults.

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In Spanish: USS Nimitz (CVN-68) para niños