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Thread: Nice Pic!

  1. #1
    Jbb
    USS REAGAN PASSING THE ARIZONA MEMORIAL
    BEAUTIFUL!!!!
    Boy!!! When the Bridge pipes "Man the Rail" there is a lot of rail to man on this monster. Shoulder to shoulder around 4½ acres. This doesn't give her displacement but it's about 100,000 tons with full complements.
    Capability
    Top speed exceeds 30 knots
    Powered by two nuclear reactors that can operate for more than 20 years without refueling
    Expected to operate in the fleet for about 50 years
    Carries over 80 combat aircraft
    Three arresting cables can stop a 28-ton aircraft going 150 miles per hour in less than 400 feet
    Size
    Towers 20 stories above the waterline
    1092 feet long; nearly as long as the Empire State Building is tall
    Flight deck covers 4.5 acres
    4 bronze propellers, each 21 feet across and weighing 66,200 pounds
    2 rudders, each 29 by 22 feet and weighing 50 tons
    4 high speed aircraft elevators, each over 4,000 square feet
    Dates
    Dec 8, 1994 Contract awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding
    Feb 12, 1998 Keel laid
    Oct 1, 2000 Precommissioning Unit established
    March 4, 2001 Christened by Mrs Nancy Reagan
    May 5, 2003 First underway
    July 12, 2003 Commissioned
    July 23, 2004 Arrived at homeport in San Diego, CA
    Capacity
    Home to about 6,000 Navy personnel
    Carries enough food and supplies to operate for 90 days
    18,150 meals served daily
    Distillation plants provide 400,000 gallons of fresh water from sea water daily, enough for 2000 homes
    Nearly 30,000 light fixtures and 1,325 miles of cable and wiring
    1,400 telephones, 14,000 pillowcases and 28,000 sheets
    Costs the Navy approximately $250,000 per day for pier side operation
    Costs the Navy approximately $2.5 million per day for underway operations (Sailor's salaries included
    http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...USS_Reagon.jpg

  2. #2
    Tom Brown
    With a few million yards of top soil, you could grow a lot of grain on that deck. :idea:

  3. #3
    HocusPocus
    great pic!

  4. #4
    Jbb
    With a few million yards of top soil, you could grow a lot of grain on that deck. :idea:
    Enough of your treasonous statements ...Canatard............

  5. #5
    MagicMtnDan
    As built: Displacement: 77,600+ tons (98,235+ fl) — Dimensions: 1,040' wl (1,092' oa) x 134' (252' fd) x 37' / 317 wl (332.8 oa) x 40.8 (76.8 fd) x 11.3 meters — Armor: unknown —
    Power plant: 2 A4W nuclear reactors, 4 steam turbines, 4 screws; 260,000+ shp (*) — Speed: 30+ knots — Endurance: 1.5 million nm @ 20 knots (*) —
    Armament: Two Mk.29 8-cell NATO Sea Sparrow launchers; two 21-cell RAM launchers —
    Radar: SPS-48E 3D air search; SPS-49A(V)1 2D air search; SPS-67(V) surface search; Mk.23 target acquisition; SPN-43B and 2 SPN-46 air traffic control; SPN-44A landing aid —
    Fire control: 3 Mk.91 NSSM systems with Mk.95 radars — EW: SLQ-32(V)4 active jamming/deception; WLR-1H ESM; Mk.36 SRBOC decoy; SLQ-25A Nixie decoy —
    Aircraft: 80+ — Aviation facilities: 4 elevators; 4 steam catapults —
    Crew: 5,700-5,900
    Pic below: Island is installed, November 11, 2000 — Looking up at the fore end of the 650-ton island house as it slowly moves over the flight deck. Ronald Reagan has a significantly modified island, with a new mainmast and radar and communications antennas completely rearranged; the overall height of the island house is the same as in previous carriers, but it has one less deck because individual deck heights have been increased. The separate mast abaft the island has been relocated and incorporated to the new island house.
    http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/027603.jpg

  6. #6
    MagicMtnDan
    Here's a cool pic:
    May 7, 2003 — The Navy's newest Nimitz-class aircraft carrier tests her counter-measure wash down systems (CMWDS) during scheduled builder sea trials off the coast of Virginia. CMWDS includes a series of sprinklers in vital areas throughout the ship to help contain the spread of fire or chemical, biological, radiological (CBR) attacks. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class James Thierry.
    http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/027616.jpg
    Many great pics here: http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/76.htm

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    KROOZIN
    USS REAGAN PASSING THE ARIZONA MEMORIAL
    4 bronze propellers, each 21 feet across and weighing 66,200 pounds
    2 rudders, each 29 by 22 feet and weighing 50 tons
    http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...USS_Reagon.jpg
    I'll bet if they tried some 22 foot wide props they could probably pick up an extra knot or two

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    mickeyfinn
    I'll bet if they tried some 22 foot wide props they could probably pick up an extra knot or two

    Probably kill their holeshot though. Bet with the 22footer skiers would drag too long....

  9. #9
    Ziggy
    Awesome pic.......So cool to see when "our boys" are on deck.

  10. #10
    Kilrtoy
    That is bad ass....
    Named after a great American

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