USS Ronald Reagan)CVN-76 is the ninth Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the United States, and it is also the first aircraft carrier to become an army after the United States entered the 2 1 century. The Reagan launched on 200 1 was named after Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States. President Reagan was a national leader who led the United States to end the Cold War and was very loved by the American people. He was also the first former president of the United States named after a warship when he was alive. However, Reagan himself was unable to attend the ceremony due to illness when the new ship was launched, so he was represented by former first lady nancy reagan, who died at the age of 93 the year after the official service of the ship.

The Reagan's home port is San Diego, California, and currently belongs to the US Pacific Fleet.

[Edit this paragraph] Carrying a fleet

Reagan was assigned to five squadrons of the United States Navy Carrier Wing11(CVW-11), using the following aircraft types:

Super hornet combat/attack aircraft

E-2C Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning Aircraft

C-2 Greyhound Loader

S-3 Viking anti-submarine aircraft

EA-6 Proler electronic counter

SH-60 Seahawk or MH-60 Black Hawk Multipurpose Helicopter.

[Edit this paragraph] Related data

★ keel placement: 1998, February 12.

★ Completed launch: 5438+0 on March 4, 2006.

★ Service time: July 2003 12.

★ Status: In use

★ Level: Nimitz class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

★ Displacement: 98,235 tons

★ Overall length: 1 0,092 feet (333 meters)

★ Width: 134 ft (4 1 m)

★ Maximum deck width: 257 feet (78 meters)

★ Water depth: 38.4 feet (12m)

★ Speed: more than 30 knots

★ Crew: 5700-5900.

★ Armed: 3x puffin missile launcher 4x 20mm dense array proximity bomb weapon system.

★ Carrier-based aircraft: more than 80.

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Since the end of the cold war, the operational potential of American aircraft carrier battle group has been significantly improved. Ronald Reagan is the ninth Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the United States. Nimitz class is the largest aircraft carrier in the world today, among which Reagan is the most outstanding. This aircraft carrier is equipped with all the latest scientific and technological achievements. It can park 85 fighters and cost as much as $4.5 billion. Six thousand crew members can live on it for three months.

[Edit this paragraph] Basic overview

The aircraft carrier Reagan is 333 meters long and has two nuclear reactors on board. It can sail for 20 years and does not need to dock for refueling at all. This aircraft carrier is like a city. Even if all the residents of Aspen, Colorado moved to the boat, it would be more than enough. In fact, more than 6,000 people can live on the Reagan. When it was designed and built, it was ready to serve for 50 years. Such a huge ship has only one mission, which is to serve as a wartime airport.

1, the Reagan aircraft carrier is 333 meters long and equipped with two nuclear reactors.

The Reagan even has its own zip code. The food and supplies on board can last for three months. In addition, there are 30,000 lights and 1400 telephones on board. The cables in the corridor add up to 2 100 km long.

When fully loaded, the displacement of this aircraft carrier reaches 97,000 tons, that is to say, floating on the water, it will discharge10.94 billion pounds of water, which can fill about 28.7 Olympic swimming pools.

[Edit this paragraph] Internal structure

The structure of the Reagan aircraft carrier consists of three parts: the control tower, the deck and the lower cabin. The control tower is the superstructure of the aircraft carrier's flight deck, where the staff control the direction of travel, direct air traffic and monitor the activities on the deck. Radar and communication equipment are also installed here.

The flight deck is naturally the place where planes take off and land. The hangar under the deck is used to park planes that are not used for the time being.

Living area, dining area, propulsion system, power plant and other facilities to maintain the operation of this offshore airport are distributed in all parts of the lower cabin.

[Edit this paragraph] Unique improvement

Reagan is a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, and its basic design is almost the same as the first Nimitz-class aircraft carrier built in 1975. Although there is not much difference on the surface, there are still some unique improvements that make Reagan the most sophisticated weapon.

Let's talk about the top floor first: the superstructure of the Reagan is the first major change of the US Navy since the 1960s. During the construction process, a lot of idle space was left here for the installation of unpredictable equipment in the future.

The biggest difference between Reagan and Nimitz-class aircraft carriers in the past was the design below the waterline. The most important improvement is the spherical bow. This is one of the characteristics of many ships in various countries at present. Reagan adopted this design to increase buoyancy. For the take-off and return flight of the aircraft, especially during take-off, this design can make the bow rise longer when it bumps up and down. In addition, the bow of the ship is a little longer than before, which also improves the adjustment speed of the ship.

[Edit this paragraph] Fuel situation

One of the tasks that ordnance managers rehearse repeatedly under deck is to load jet fuel at sea. When refueling, the aircraft carrier threw the pipeline to a refueling ship that followed. These pipelines can move huge oil pipes and transport fuel to aircraft carriers. If the Reagan's fuel tank is full, it can hold quite a lot of fuel. It can hold 3 million gallons of fuel, not for the Reagan, but for the aircraft on the aircraft carrier. With these fuels, an economical car can travel around the world 4200 times.

Below the deck, in the hinterland of the aircraft carrier, the staff always monitor the storage and distribution of fuel. A huge system consisting of pipes and valves distributes fuel to different storage facilities. What happens if the fuel distribution on the aircraft carrier is uneven? That's hull tilt.

[Edit this paragraph] Living space

Reagan's space is precious. There are very tight lockers here. At sea, this is the only storage space for the crew. Things must be folded in a certain way before they can be put in, and uniforms should also be put in. As storage space is extremely limited, all clothes must be ironed and folded. This officer always supervises the behavior of the crew.

It is strictly forbidden to use cash on board. Before going to sea, the crew must first buy a stored-value card similar to an ATM card.

However, there are some similarities with real life. People need haircuts. There is a barber shop on Reagan Street. Some people have religious beliefs. There are three chapels on the Reagan. If you need daily necessities, there are two convenience stores on board. If you want to release heat or exercise, there is a gym on board. If you prefer traditional letters with extremely slow delivery speed, there is a post office on board. If you don't have stamps, don't forget to bring a navy stored-value card.

On the Reagan, you can always see the crew on vacation, busy with what they should do every day. It is a huge project to let so many people live as usual.

[Edit this paragraph] Laundry mode

Most people on board work 12 hours a day and 7 days a week. If the Reagan is full of 6000 people, there will naturally be a lot of uniforms soaked with sweat. Plus 28,000 sheets, 65,438+4,000 pillowcases-there will be mountains of clothes to be washed every day. The machine here can wash about 5 tons of clothes a day, and only the clothes of senior officers can be sent for ironing.

The laundry room can be very hot sometimes, and the staff on duty have to put up with many dirty socks. But the laundry department has a holiday on Sunday, which means they only work six days a week. It was a very easy job aboard the Reagan.

[Edit this paragraph] Gourmet

For people living on aircraft carriers, delicious meals are one of the rare enjoyment. Pilots may encounter all kinds of setbacks, but they know that when they return to the ship, they can enjoy first-class food and first-class service. The restaurant here is open 23 hours, only closed 1 hour for cleaning.

There is a 1 1 food storage room on board. 7 rooms are used to store dry goods, and there is no refrigerator; The other four are cold storage rooms. The Reagan can store food for six thousand crew members for three months. This restaurant is open almost all day, so it is difficult to calculate the number of people eating. But according to official statistics, when the Reagan is full, it will serve 18000 meals a day.

[Edit this paragraph] Garbage disposal

Huge amounts of food will produce all kinds of rubbish from bones to napkins. There are five garbage processors here, and different machines are needed to decompose different kinds of garbage. Combustible garbage such as clothes and wood can be put into this incinerator. The ashes were thrown overboard.

But the way to eliminate garbage is not just high temperature. For some materials, salt water immersion is also one of the treatment methods. Garbage that can be decomposed in salt water, such as paper and food. , was put into the crusher. After it is put in, the inside of the machine will rotate, decompose all the garbage and throw it into the sea.

For the sake of environmental protection, plastic products should not be discarded casually. A machine is used to compress plastic waste for storage. Finally, the garbage looks like a hockey puck, a huge hockey puck. After compression and fusion, garbage will become such fragments. These giant ice hockey balls will be sent to the garbage disposal site on land.

[Edit this paragraph] Operational deployment

On June 4, 2005, the American aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan left San Diego, California for operational deployment.

The aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan left San Diego for operational deployment from June 5 to/kloc-0 to October 4, 2005, providing maritime operational support for the global war on terrorism of the United States, and undertaking cooperative security tasks among American countries and war zones in the western Pacific. This will be the first operational deployment of the latest Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the US Navy.

Major General Michael H. Miller, commander of the strike group of the Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier, said that the aviation wing of the Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier and the 14 aircraft carrier proved to be a powerful combat force in COMPTUEX (Integrated Force Training Exercise) and JTFEX (Joint Task Force Exercise).

The strike groups of Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier include 14 aircraft carrier aviation wing, destroyer squadron No.7, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, guided missile cruiser lake champlain, guided missile destroyers mike campbell and Decatur, fast combat support ship Rainier and explosion number 1 1.