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   | USS George Washington
(CVN-73)   USS George Washington is
the sixth ship in the NIMITZ class.
 General Characteristics:
Keel Laid: August 25, 1986 
Launched: July 21, 1990
 Commissioned: July 4, 1992
 Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding
Co., Newport News; Va.
 Propulsion system: two nuclear
reactors
 Main Engines: four
 Propellers: four
 Aircraft elevators: four
 Catapults: four
 Arresting gear cables: four
 Length, overall: 1,092 feet
(332.85 meters)
 Flight Deck Width: 257 feet
(78.34 meters)
 Area of flight deck: about
4,5 acres
 Beam: 134 feet (40.84 meters)
 Draft: 38,4 feet (11.7 meters)
 Displacement: approx. 100,000
tons full load
 Speed: 35 knots
 Cost: about $3,5 billion
 Planes: approx. 85
 Crew: Ship: approx. 3,200     
Air Wing: 2,480
 Armament: three Mk 29 NATO
Sea Sparrow launchers, four 20mm Phalanx CIWS Mk 15
 Homeport: Norfolk, Va.
 
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