Compare aircraft carriers

Nimitz-class and Gerald R Ford-class

Name:	Nimitz-class	Gerald R Ford-class
Type:	Aircraft carrier	Aircraft carrier
Origin:	USA	USA
Produced:	1975	2008 (Ordering)
Unit cost:	4.5 Billion $	10.44 Billion $

Full description:	Description, operators	Description, operators

Specifications

Range:	Unlimited	Unlimited
Displacement:	101,600–106,300 t	100,000 t
Aircraft:	85–90	75
Speed:	30+ kn (56+ km/h; 35+ mph)	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)

Crew:	5,000	4297

Displacement

Speed

Aircraft

Dimensions

Length:	332.8 m	337 m
Beam:	76.8 m	78 m
Draft:	11.3 m	12 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

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