Keel Laid: October 22, 1964
          Christened: May 27, 1967
          Commissioned: September 7, 1968
          Decommissioned: August 1, 2007

          Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Va.
          Propulsion system: eight 1200 psi (8.3 MPa) boilers, 
           four steam turbines, four shafts, 280,000 shp (210 MW)
          Lenght, overall: 1,052 feet (320.6 meters)
          Beam: 130 feet (39.6 meters)
          Draft: 36,7 feet (11.2 meters)
          Displacement: approx. 82,655 tons full load
          Speed: 30+ knots
          Planes: approx. 80
          Crew: Ship: 3117; Air Wing: 2480
          Armament:
          - two Mk 29 NATO Sea Sparrow launchers 
          - two 20mm Phalanx CIWS Mk 15 
          - two Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Systems