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Charles de Gaulle and Nimitz-class

Name:	Charles de Gaulle	Nimitz-class
Type:	Aircraft carrier	Aircraft carrier
Origin:	France	USA
Produced:	2001 (Commissioned)	1975
Unit cost:	3 billion €	4.5 Billion $

Full description:	Description, operators	Description, operators

Specifications

Range:	Unlimited	Unlimited
Displacement:	42,500 t	101,600–106,300 t
Aircraft:	28–40	85–90
Speed:	27 kn (50 km/h)	30+ kn (56+ km/h; 35+ mph)

Crew:	1950	5,000

Displacement

Speed

Aircraft

Dimensions

Length:	261.5 m	332.8 m
Beam:	64.36 m	76.8 m
Draft:	9.43 m	11.3 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

Nimitz-class

Author: "USS Nimitz in Victoria Canada 036" by Unknown - Resized and recompressed version of [1] from Nimitz's offical site (has several more images.). Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Nimitz_in_Victoria_Canada_036.jpg#/media/File:USS_Nimitz_in_Victoria_Canada_036.jpg License