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Well, the CVN-21 is not a hull number, it is the type, which stands for "nuclear carrier for the 21st century". The first hull will be CVN-78, and my guess is that it will be named the "George HW Bush", who was, of course, a naval aviator in World War II. But that's only a guess, and asumes that he'll be dead by 2013, when the carrier's scheduled to goe into service.
The hull will look like a Nimitz class carrier, but will differ in that it will have the Bechtel A1B reactor, a smaller radar and sonar cross section, and will use electromagnetic rather than steam catapults to launch its aircraft.
[edit on 5-5-2005 by Off_The_Street]
From Thread: CVN 21 aircraft carrier
Posted by Off_The_Street, on May 5, 2005 at 15:22 GMTWell, the CVN-21 is not a hull number, it is the type, which stands for "nuclear carrier for the 21st century". The first hull will be CVN-78, and my guess is that it will be named the "George HW Bush", who was, of course, a naval aviator in World War II. But that's only a guess, and asumes that he'll be dead by 2013, when the carrier's scheduled to goe into service.
The hull will look like a Nimitz class carrier, but will differ in that it will have the Bechtel A1B reactor, a smaller radar and sonar cross section, and will use electromagnetic rather than steam catapults to launch its aircraft.
[edit on 5-5-2005 by Off_The_Street]
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