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by **cyprusgrump** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 2:14 pm

Anybody know the nationality of the aircraft carrier moored at Limassol today?

It looked spectacular with all the aircraft on deck.

by **raymanuva** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 2:47 pm

i thought its HMS Invincible, but it doesnt have the curvy deck...

by **cyprusgrump** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 2:57 pm

raymanuva wrote:i thought its HMS Invincible, but it doesnt have the curvy deck...

Yes, I noticed it didn’t have the ski-jump so she couldn’t be Invincible.

Also, the deck was awash with aircraft which probably also rules out any cash-starved Royal Navy vessel at the moment!

by **raymanuva** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:01 pm

now, just had another look... if its not UK Navy then its probably USS George Washington or USS Wasp...Nimitz class.

by **raymanuva** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:43 pm

ok, confirmed: USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Displacement: 101,000 to 104,000 tons full load
Length: Overall: 1,092 ft (333 m)
Waterline: 1,040 ft (317 m)
Beam: Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m)
Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m)
Draught: Maximum navigational: 37 ft (11.3 m)
Limit: 41 ft (12.5 m)
Propulsion and power: 2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors
4 × steam turbines
4 × shafts
260,000 shp (194 MW)
Speed: 30+ knots (56+ km/h)
Range: Essentially unlimited
Endurance: Limited only by food
Complement: Ship's company: 3,200
Air wing: 2,480
Sensors and processing systems: SPS-48E 3-D air search radar
SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search radar
Mk 23 target acquisition radar
2 × SPN-46 air traffic control radars
SPN-43B air traffic control radar
SPN-44 landing aid radars
3 × Mk 91 NSSM guidance systems
3 × Mk 95 radars
Electronic warfare and decoys: SLQ-32A(V)4 Countermeasures suite
SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures
Armament: 3 x NSSMS (Sea Sparrow) Sea-to-Air missile launchers

3 x PHALANX CIWS (Close-In Weapons System) Gatling guns
10 x .50 Caliber M2HB mounted machine guns
Armour: No armor plating, but a double-hull design reduces damage from torpedoes
Aircraft carried: 90 fixed wing and helicopters
Motto: Qui Plantavit Curabit (He who has planted will preserve.)
Nickname: T.R., Big Stick
Cost: 4.500.000.000$