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USS RONALD REAGAN AIRCRAFT CARRIER - UNITED STATES
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), the ninth and penultimate Nimitz-class
supercarrier, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for
former President Ronald Reagan.
The carrier displaces approximately 95,000 tons of water fully loaded and
has a top speed of over 30 knots, powered by two nuclear reactors driving
four screws, and can sail for 20 years before refueling. She is nearly as long
as the Empire State Building is tall at 1,092 feet (333 m) and is 134 feet (41
m) wide at the beam and has a flight deck 252 feet (77 m) wide. The flight
deck covers over 4.5 acres (18,000 mē). She carries more than 5,500 sailors
and over 80 aircraft.
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