Compare aircraft carriers

Nimitz-class and Canberra-class

Name:	Nimitz-class	Canberra-class
Type:	Aircraft carrier	Landing Helicopter Dock
Origin:	USA	Australia
Produced:	1975	2009–2015
Unit cost:	4.5 Billion $	-

Full description:	Description, operators	Description, operators

Specifications

Range:	Unlimited	17,000 km; 10,000 mi
Displacement:	101,600–106,300 t	27,500 t
Aircraft:	85–90	8-18 helicopters
Speed:	30+ kn (56+ km/h; 35+ mph)	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)

Crew:	5,000	1,046

Displacement

Speed

Aircraft

Dimensions

Length:	332.8 m	230.82 m
Beam:	76.8 m	32.0 m
Draft:	11.3 m	7.08 m

Images

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

Canberra-class

Author: By Nick-D - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41182040 License