USS ENTERPRISE (CVAN-65)
Built by Newport News, laid down 4 Feb 1958, launched 24 Sept 1960, commissioned 25 Nov 1961. Scheduled to decommission in 2012-2014.

Displacement : approx. 93,500 tons full load
Length : 1,123 ft (342.3 m)
Beam : 132.8 ft (40.5 m)
Draft : 39 ft (11.9 m)
Propulsion : 8 x A2W reactor, 4 x steam turbine, 4 shafts, 280,000 shp (210 MW)
Speed : 30+ knots (56+ km/h)
Range : Essentially unlimited
Complement : Ship's company: 3,000 (2,700 Sailors, 150 Chiefs, 150 Officers)
Air wing : 1,800 (250 Pilots, and 1,550 Support personnel)
Armament : 2 Sea Sparrow launchers, 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts, 2 RAM launchers
Armor : 8 inch (20 cm) aluminum belt (equivalent to 4 inch rolled homogeneous steel armour)
Aircraft carried : approx. 66 - Forty three F/A-18 Hornets, Four EA-6B Prowlers, Four E-2C Hawkeyes, Six S-3 Vikings, Five SH-60 Seahawks). Though it can hold up to 90 aircrafts.

Notes : 915 engineers designed the ship. They made 16,100 drawings and 2,400 blueprints. The ship has about 625 miles of electrical cables and 37 miles of ventilation ducts. The ship has 4 steam powered catapults.