“Charlie” Anchorage in the Solent. 7-4-2009
USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN 71
Ordered: 30 September 1980 Laid down: 31 October 1981 Launched: 27 October 1984 Commissioned: 25 October 1986 Homeport: NS Norfolk, Virginia Motto: Qui Plantavit Curabit (He who has planted will preserve.) Nickname: T.R., Big Stick
General characteristics
Class and type: Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: Approximately 97,000 short tons (88,000 t) full load Length: Overall: 1,092 feet (332.8 m) Waterline: 1,040 feet (317.0 m) Beam: Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m) Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m)
Draft: Maximum navigational: 37 ft (11.3 m) Limit: 41 ft (12.5 m) Propulsion: 2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors 4 × steam turbines 4 × shafts 260,000 shp (194 MW) Speed: 30+ knots (56+ km/h; 35+ mph) Range: Essentially unlimited Endurance: Limited only by food Complement: Ship's company: 3,200 Air wing: 2,480
Sensors and processing systems: AN/SPS-48E 3-D air search radar AN/SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search radar AN/SPQ-9B target acquisition radar 2 × AN/SPN-46 air traffic control radars AN/SPN-43B air traffic control radar AN/SPN-44 landing aid radar 4 × Mk 91 NSSM guidance systems
4 × Mk 95 radars
Electronic warfare and decoys: SLQ-32A(V)4 Countermeasures suite countermeasures. SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo