Keel Laid: February 4, 1958
          Christened: September 24, 1960
          Commissioned: November 25, 1961
          Decommissioned: February 3, 2017

          Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Va.
          Propulsion system: eight A2W nuclear reactors, four steam 
          turbine, four shafts, 280,000 shp (210 MW) 
          Lenght, overall: 1,123 feet (342.3 meters)
          Flight Deck Width: 257 feet (78.4 meters)
          Area of flight deck: about 4,5 acres (18211.5 m2)
          Beam: 132.8 feet (40.5 meters)
          Draft: 39 feet (11.9 meters)
          Displacement: approx. 93,500 tons full load
          Speed: 30+ knots
          Planes: approx. 66
          Crew: Ship: 3000 ; Air Wing: 1800
          Armament:
          - two Mk 29 NATO Sea Sparrow launchers 
          - two 20mm Phalanx CIWS Mk 15 
          - two Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Systems