Speed: 30
knots (34.5 MPH)
Overall Length: 1,092
feet (315.6
meters)
Flight Deck Width: 252 feet (76.8 meters)
Displacement: Approximately 97,000
tons (98,557
metric tons) fully loaded
Crew: Ship's Company: 3,200; Air Wing: 2,480
Aircraft: 9 to 10 squadrons, including contingents of
F-14 Tomcats,
F/A-18 Hornets,
EA-6B Prowlers,
S-3B Vikings, E-2C
Hawkeyes,
CH-60 Sea Hawks, and
C-2A Greyhounds
Armament: 3
NATO Sea Sparrow missile launchers, 4 20mm
Phalanx CIWS mounts.
Power plant: Two
nuclear reactors, four screws weighing 66,200
lbs (30,030
kg) each, 5 21-foot (6.4 meter) blades per screw
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co.,
Newport News,
VA
Date deployed: November, 2000.
Cost: Approximately 4.5 billion USD.
As of November 2001, the USS Harry S. Truman is the newest Nimitz class aircraft carrier in the US Navy. At the time of this writing, the Truman is in drydock undergoing repairs in Portsmouth, Virginia.