The ship is named after the 38th president of the united states gerald ford whose world war ii naval service included combat duty aboard the light aircraft carrier monterey in the pacific theater. There are four emergency diesels of 10 720 hp 8 mw 194 mw normal 8 mw emergency ships and shipbuilding. The nuclear powered carrier has two general electric pressurised sic water reactors driving four turbines of 260 000 hp 194 mw and four shafts.
Nimitz class nuclear powered aircraft carriers. Typically it is the capital ship of a fleet as it allows a naval force to project air power worldwide without depending on local bases for staging aircraft operations. An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase equipped with a full length flight deck and facilities for carrying arming deploying and recovering aircraft.
Uss enterprise in service 1962 2012 powered by eight reactor units is still the only aircraft carrier to house more than two nuclear reactors with each a2w reactor taking the place of one of the conventional boilers. The united states navy have a much broader experience. The sole french nuclear aircraft carrier example is charles de gaulle commissioned in 2001 a second one is planned.
The controlling stations for the reactor plants and central control where the two reactor plants are coordinated are all air conditioned as are the rooms that contain the electrical switchboards and control stati. Inside a nuclear reactor core bang. 110 mw propulsion plant of the uss aircraft carrier hornet 4.
Engine room of united states navy aircraft carrier boxer hd. Propulsion plant of the uss aircraft carrier hornet 4 uss aircraft carrier hornet cvs 12 essex class built during wwii served 1943 1970 in 1969 uss hornet recovered the apollo 11 space capsule. Navy officer to hold the rank preceding william halsey jr with an overall length of 1 092 ft 333 m and full load.
Nimitz who was the second to last living u s. The nimitz class is a class of ten nuclear powered aircraft carriers in service with the united states navy the lead ship of the class is named after world war ii united states pacific fleet commander fleet admiral chester w.
