Over 100 years of innovation has to lead up the perfection achieved today – the 10 USS Nimitz class aircraft carriers are the undisputed heroes of the seas. But the destruction of which they are capable of is relying on the crew and the subsystems keeping this complex system working – a chain is never stronger than its weakest link. The Nimitz aircraft carriers are the biggest ever built and they possess a tremendous firepower. All aircraft carriers of the US Navy are regarded as sovereign US territory even though they are on international water, that is why they all operate under their own ZIP-code. These boats are used by the crew too, for instance, get to the other vessels of the battle group (destroyers, submarines and cruisers supporting the carrier) and to get to shore to deliver mail that is then sent home to the US. In the stern of the boat, behind the hangar and above the rear phalanx turrets, the squadron ready rooms and the ship’s small boats are located. But of course, the energy is also used for smaller but still vital systems such as pumping drinking water, lifting airplanes in the hangar, cleaning and circulating the air and refrigerators and ovens for the crew’s food. Some of the electrical energy requiring systems with the highest consumption on board any modern-day carrier include: air search radars, target acquisition radar, air traffic control radars, landing aid radar and the NSSM guidance systems. The energy harvested from the A4W reactors is also used to drive the thousands of computers and other electronic equipment on board.
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When the turbines run on full power they are capable of making the 100 000 ton heavy aircraft carrier move at speeds as high as 58 km/h. The engines and energy source of the USS Nimitz and other modern carriers are made up of nuclear reactors which heat water that drives turbines, propelling the vessel forward. This means for some of the crew members that work deep within the carrier it can go weeks without them seeing any daylight. They are not allowed to hang around on the deck and since the size of the island (the superstructure) is so limited the members of the crew can’t spend their time their either. But even though the ship has all of these installations it is also very tough for the crew.
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Here the crew has access to their own bedroom which is usually shared with 5 others, kitchen, enormous dinner halls, doctors, a telephone bank to call their family, barber shops, chapels, an aviation jet engine workshop/maintenance facility, athletic facilities such as a gym and even a dentist’s office. Did you know that the crew consists of 3200 people – not counting the additional 2500 air wingmen (pilots, mechanics and other aircraft related jobs) – when the Nimitz class carriers are out at sea? The lodgement is located in the bow of the vessel, right under the main launch strip. The crew of a 100 000 ton ship is tremendous.