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Charles de Gaulle and Gerald R Ford-class

Name:	Charles de Gaulle	Gerald R Ford-class
Type:	Aircraft carrier	Aircraft carrier
Origin:	France	USA
Produced:	2001 (Commissioned)	2008 (Ordering)
Unit cost:	3 billion €	10.44 Billion $

Full description:	Description, operators	Description, operators

Specifications

Range:	Unlimited	Unlimited
Displacement:	42,500 t	100,000 t
Aircraft:	28–40	75
Speed:	27 kn (50 km/h)	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)

Crew:	1950	4297

Displacement

Speed

Aircraft

Dimensions

Length:	261.5 m	337 m
Beam:	64.36 m	78 m
Draft:	9.43 m	12 m

Images

Charles de Gaulle

Author: "Charles De Gaulle (R91) underway 2009" by USN - U.S. Navy VFA-146 official website [1] photo [2]. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_De_Gaulle_(R91)_underway_2009.jpg#/media/File:Charles_De_Gaulle_(R91)_underway_2009.jpg License

Gerald R Ford-class

Author: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Aidan P. Campbell. Licensed under PublicDomain http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/131117-N-DO831-080.JPG License