CVN 70 by junge1
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Description
The USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) is a Nimitz-Class Carrier that is home-ported, along with two other Nimitz-Class Carriers, at NAS North Island, San Diego.
She was commissioned 13 March 1982.
Displacement: 101,300 long tons (113,500 short tons)
Length:
Overall: 1,092-ft (332.8m)
Waterline: 1,040-ft (317.0m)
Beam:
Overall: 252-ft (76.8m)
Waterline: 134-ft (40.8m)
Draft:
Maximum navigational: 37-ft (11.3m)
Limit: 41-ft (12.5m)
Propulsion: 2 x Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors
4 x steam turbines
4 x shafts
260,000 shp
Speed: 30+ knots (56+km/h, 35+mph)
Range: Unlimited distance; 20 years
Complement: Ship's company; 3,200
Air wing; 2,480
Armour: Unknown
Aircraft carried: 90 fixed wing and helicopters
This picture was taken on 22 October 2011,
Sig..
Comments (35)
Faemike55
Very impressive capture, Sig
Sea_Dog
Great shot and info.
lior
Great shot!
flaviok
Impressionante e fantástica captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
MagikUnicorn
GORGEOUS SHOT
bimm3d
fantastic POV and great photo!!
Minda
Great shot and excellent POV///
West_coaster07
Excellent Sig!
bobrgallegos
Outstanding capture of this awesome carrier and great narrative!!!!
auntietk
Westinghouse makes nuclear reactors? :| My word. I thought they just did stoves and stuff. We have CVN72 Abraham Lincoln here at Everett right now, but apparently we're losing it to Norfolk in December. Last I heard, we're getting the Nimitz instead (CVN68). Great shot of this giant!
jocko500
cool shot
kgb224
Amazing capture my friend. God Bless.
renecyberdoc
impressive mother.
ysvry
great foto, made redundant by the new sikworm missile :P
bazza
Nice capture Sig that's a massive ship with a big crew!!
jayfar
This is a great and clear capture of this massive runway of the seas.
Dreamingbee
wow - how amazing !!!!!!!!!!
jophoto
Impressive indeed.
SIGMAWORLD
Interessantes Foto und Daten.
drifterlee
Amazing ship!!!!!!
mariogiannecchini
Very impressive capture and interesting info !
bmac62
Super shot Sig. I've been all into container ships recently. The largest one afloat today (that I have found) is the Edith Maersk. It flies the Danish flag. Length-wise it is bigger than CV-70 by about 200 feet. This one does not fit through the Panama Canal. From the wiki: The ship has a length of 397.00 m (1,302.49 ft) and a beam of 56.00 m (183.73 ft). The depth of the vessel is 30.00 m (98.43 ft) and while fully loaded the ship can reach a draft of 17.5 m (57 ft). The deadweight of the container ship is 156,907 metric tons, while the gross tonnage is 170,794 gross tons. The ship is powered by a 14-cylinder Wärtsilä RT-flex diesel engine with a power of 80,000 kW, but designers decided that this power is not enough for the ship, and added a waste heat recovery system, which increased the power to 90,000 kW. The ship is registered in the port of Roskilde, Denmark in spite of higher taxes. The company is investing in home country taxes and prefers to use the home flags, in spite of lower restrictions of convenient flags' countries.
farmerC
Exellent shot.
emmecielle
Fantastic shot, Sig! :)
junge1
Nowadays one cannot take pictures of these carriers as freely as one used to. In the old days (before 9/11) the carriers while in port had 'open house' for visitors. This no longer is offered.
flavia49
fantastic image
sandra46
superlative capture
psyoshida
I remember the name "Carl Vinson" from the news. I can't remember "what or why" just the name. Perhaps it was back in 1982 when she was commissioned. The immensity of these ships is incredible. I still don't know how they float. :) Nice shot.
danapommet
This is a great shot Sig and to think that I started out on the USS Essex CVS-9 in 1965. I can tell you that is was 200+ feet shorter and at least 100 feet less beam - but she could push 33 knots.
Briney
Interesting details. Yes, I guess you'd feel really nervous standing there in the open photographing its varous terrorist countermeasures... Still, they might invite you on board for your trouble ;-)