USS Enterprise - CVN 65

Name:	USS Enterprise
Ordered:	15 November 1957
Builder:	Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Cost:	$451.3 million[1] (equivalent to $3.8 billion in 2015)[2]
Laid down:	4 February 1958
Launched:	24 September 1960
Christened:	24 September 1960
Acquired:	29 October 1961
Commissioned:	25 November 1961
Decommissioned:	Scheduled for 2016
In service:	12 January 1962
Out of service:	1 December 2012
Reclassified:	CVN-65 from CVA(N)-65
Homeport:	Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia
Motto:	We are Legend; Ready on Arrival; The First, the Finest; Eight Reactors, None Faster
Nickname(s):	Big E[3]
Status:	No longer fit for military service due to inactivation process
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General characteristics
Class and type:	Enterprise-class aircraft carrier
Displacement:	93,284 long tons (94,781 t) Full Load[4]
Length:	1,123 ft (342 m)[5][6]
Beam:	132.8 ft (40.5 m) (waterline) 257.2 ft (78.4 m) (extreme)
Draft:	39 ft (12 m)
Propulsion:	8 × Westinghouse A2W nuclear reactors four sets Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 4 × shafts 280,000 shp (210 MW)
Speed:	33.6 kn (38.7 mph; 62.2 km/h)
Range:	Unlimited distance; 20–25 years
Complement:	5,828 (maximum) Ship's company: 3,000 (2,700 Sailors, 150 Chiefs, 150 Officers) Air wing: 1,800 (250 pilots, and 1,550 support personnel)
Sensors and processing systems:	AN/SPS-48 3D air search radar AN/SPS-49 2D air search radar
Electronic warfare & decoys:	AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite Mark 36 SRBOC
Armament:	2 × NATO Sea Sparrow launchers 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts 2 RAM launchers
Armor:	8 in (20 cm) aluminum belt (equivalent to 4 in (10 cm) rolled homogeneous steel armor), armored flight deck, hangar, magazines and reactor[7][8]
Aircraft carried:	Hold up to 90 60+ (normally)[9]
Aviation facilities:	Flight deck: 1,123 ft (342 m)
Notes:	Equipped with 4 steam-powered catapults