Tuesday, January 13, 2009

us navy cvn72 photos












United States Navy ship USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN72), nicknamed "Abe", is the fifth Nimitz-class nuclear powered supercarrier,Commissioned: Nov. 11, 1989.Her home port is Everett, Washington.

Displacement: 97,000 short tons full load
Length: Overall: 1,092 feet
Beam: 252 feet
Waterline: 134 feet (40.8 m)
Draught: Maximum navigational: 37 feet
Propulsion: 2 A4W nuclear reactors
4 steam turbines
4 propellor
260,000 shp
Blades on each Propeller: five
Aircraft elevators: four
Catapults: four
Arresting gear cables: four

Speed: 30+ knots (56+ km/h)
Range: Essentially unlimited
Capacity: 20,000
Complement: Ship's company: 3,200
Air wing: 2,480

weapons: 2 × Mk 57 Mod3 Sea Sparrow anti air missile
2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
3 × Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried: 90 fixed wing and helicopters

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