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9. A US aircraft carrier of the Nimitz class

Manufacturer: Shipbuilding Company of Newport News US Navy users are the main ones. Program Cost (FY2019): $93.6 billion Cost per unit: $9.36* (FY2019) There are ten nuclear-powered aircraft carriers of the Nimitz class. They are employed by the US government. Navy. Nimitz's flagship vessel bears the name of the late U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Pacific Fleet Commander during WWII. Up until 2017, the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford was the largest warship, having been commissioned earlier than the Nimitz-class.

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US Navy aircraft carrier of the Nimitz class The Newport News Shipbuilding Company constructed the Nimitz-class. Combat involving the Nimitz-class began in the 1970s. Arrestor wires and steam catapults are used for both launch and recovery in this CATOBAR-configured class. Compared to earlier warships, which mostly employed the STOVL design, the Nimitz-class can launch more aircraft and perform flight deck operations more quickly. Each Nimitz-class aircraft carrier cost $9.36 billion in 2018. There were thirty total: ten planned, ten finished, and ten ongoing. The carriers will be decommissioned when their fifty-year active duty careers are up, a process that will cost each ship anything from $750 million to $900 million. Decommissioning a carrier with conventional electricity only costs $53 million.