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“Nickname " GOLD EAGLE " Builder NEWPORT News shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia Keel Laid October 11, 1975 Launched March 15, 1980 Commissioned March 13, 1982 Cost a98(n Approximately 1.3 billion dollars Propulsion Nuclear, with enough fuel for 15 years of normal operation Speed 30+ knots Number of reactors Two Length over flight deck 1,092 feet Breadth at flight deck 252 feet Area of flight deck 4.5 acres Number of aircraft elevators Four Height. Keel to Mast 244 feet (equal to a 24 story building) Anchors Two at 30 tons each Combat Load Displacement 95,000 tons Propellers Four, at 21 feet high and 66,200 pounds each Number of telephones Over 2,000 Weight of Rudders 65.5 tons each Capacity of Air Conditioning Plants 3,240 (enough to serve over 10,000 homes Daily Capacity of Distilling Plants 400,000 gallons of fresh water (enough for the daily needs of 20,000 homes) * ”
