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Nimitz-class and Charles de Gaulle

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

Full description:	Description, operators	Description, operators

Specifications

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

Crew:	5,000	1950

Displacement

Speed

Aircraft

Dimensions

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

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