USS John C. Stennis

USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)
USS John C. Stennis underway off the coast of southern California
History
United States
NameJohn C. Stennis
NamesakeJohn C. Stennis
Awarded30 June 1988[1]
BuilderNorthrop Grumman Newport News[1]
Cost$4.5 billion
Laid down13 March 1991[1]
Launched13 November 1993[1]
Sponsored byMargaret Jane Stennis Womble
Commissioned9 December 1995[1]
HomeportNorfolk
Identification
MottoLook Ahead
Statusin active service
NotesShip in RCOH (Refueling and Complex Overhaul)
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeNimitz-class aircraft carrier
Displacement103,300 tons[2][3]
Length
  • Overall: 1,092 feet (332.8 m)
  • Waterline: 1,040 feet (317.0 m)
Beam
  • Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m)
  • Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m)
Draft
  • Maximum navigational: 37 feet (11.3 m)
  • Limit: 41 feet (12.5 m)
Propulsion
Speed30+ knots (56+ km/h; 35+ mph)[6]
RangeUnlimited distance; 20–25 years
Capacity6,500 officers and crew (with embarked airwing)[1]
Complement
  • Ship's company: 3,532
  • Air wing: 2,480
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
ArmorUnknown
Aircraft carried90 fixed wing and helicopters
Aviation facilities
  • catapults: 4
  • aircraft elevators: 4

USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), named for Senator John C. Stennis of Mississippi, is the seventh of the Nimitz-class of nuclear-powered supercarriers in the United States Navy.

She was commissioned on 9 December 1995. Her home port is temporarily Norfolk, Virginia, for her scheduled refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH), which began in 2019. After her overhaul is completed sometime in the 2020s, she is scheduled to return to Bremerton, Washington.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "USS John C. Stennis". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  2. ^ Polmar, Norman (2004). The Naval Institute guide to the ships and aircraft of the U.S. fleet. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-59114-685-8.
  3. ^ "CVN-68: NIMITZ CLASS" (PDF).
  4. ^ Kuperman, Alan; von Hippel, Frank (10 April 2020). "US Study of Reactor and Fuel Types to Enable Naval Reactors to Shift from HEU Fuel". International Panel on Fissile Materials. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  5. ^ Hanlon, Brendan Patrick (19 May 2015). Validation of the Use of Low Enriched Uranium as a Replacement for Highly Enriched Uranium in US Submarine Reactors (PDF) (MSc). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  6. ^ Gibbons, Tony (2001). The Encyclopedia of Ships. London, United Kingdom: Amber Books. p. 444. ISBN 978-1-905704-43-9.