The newest carrier of the US NAVY is the USS Harry S Truman, CNV-75 ( when you don’t count the USS Ronald Reagan what is not operational at this moment) he started his qualifications in 1999 when he was joining an exercise around Puerto-Rico. This Nuclear vessel has two reactors on board that means he can be at sea for 25years whit out tanking. After 25 years the ship needs new energies for his reactors. For the planes on board it is an anther story, the fuel has to get on the ship every weak during operations. The ship has around 3 million kerosene and diesel on board. The Air wing on board has 9 or 10 squadrons and  around 80 plus aircraft.

Whit a flight deck of 1092 FT (333 Meters) and 257 Ft (78 Meters) and his height from keel to mast 244 FT (74 Meters)  equal to a 24-story building, a small floating air base with an speed of more than 30 knots. The ship has 4 catapults, so there can be launch 4 aircraft at the time, but this ship is also capable to recover two aircraft and launch 2 aircraft at the time. With the air wing on board there are 6000 sailors without the air wing 5000 sailors.

USS Harry S Truman

Michel Boshuizen Aircraft Photos