The Carl Vinson strike group

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US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson can carry more than 60 aircraft and a crew of about 6,500.

USS Carl VinsonNimitz-class aircraft carrier(with Carrier Airwing 2)

USS Lake ChamplainTiconderoga-classguided-missile cruiser

USS Wayne E. MeyerUSS Michael MurphyArleigh Burke-classguided-missile destroyers

Typical capacityof a Nimitz-classaircraft carrier

4E-2C/DHawkeye

6H-60Seahawk

55F/A 18Hornet

4EA-18Growler Propulsion:

Length:Speed:Crew:

Aircraft:Armament:

Two nuclear reactors333m30+ knots~6,500~60+Multiple NATO Sea Sparrow,Phalanx CIWS and RollingAirframe Missile mounts

Four gas turbines173m30+ knots330Two Seahawk helicoptersMK-41 vertical launching system;Tomahawk cruise missiles; six torpedoes;two five-inch/54-calibre guns; Phalanx CIWS

Four gas turbines155m30+ knots175noneAegis weapons system;five-inch/54-calibre guns,self-defence guns