Compare aircraft carriers

Nimitz-class and Mistral-class

Name:	Nimitz-class	Mistral-class
Type:	Aircraft carrier	Amphibious assault ship
Origin:	USA	France
Produced:	1975	2002
Unit cost:	4.5 Billion $	600 million $ (2012)

Full description:	Description, operators	Description, operators

Specifications

Range:	Unlimited	19,800 km
Displacement:	101,600–106,300 t	21,300 t
Aircraft:	85–90	16 heavy or 35 light helicopters
Speed:	30+ kn (56+ km/h; 35+ mph)	18.8 knots (35 km/h)

Crew:	5,000	160

Displacement

Speed

Aircraft

Dimensions

Length:	332.8 m	199 m
Beam:	76.8 m	32 m
Draft:	11.3 m	6.3 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

Mistral-class

Author: By Simon Ghesquiere/Marine Nationale - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25428936 License