Aircraft carrier built by Newport News Shipbldg and Dry Dock Co, will be driven by eight pressurized water reactors arranged in four dual systems to turn four 21-ft diam propellers; four elevator platforms will each lift 45-ton bomber from hangar to flight deck in 15 sec; length oa 1101 ft, breadth at main deck 133 ft and at flight deck 252 ft, depth 229 ft 6 in., displacement 85,350 tons; area of flight deck is 4.47 acres, speed over 30 knots, and machinery develops over 200,000 hp.


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    Title :

    USS Enterprise launched: world's largest, mightiest ship


    Additional title:

    Mar Eng


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1960


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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