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Air Craft Carrier Sale

The Skyline
29-01-2004, 12:58
I am selling 2 different kinds of ships...
1. An antique CV1 aircraft carrier
displacement: 11,500 tons
length: 542 feet
beam: 65 feet
draft: 18 feet 11 inches
speed: 15 knots
complement: 468 crew
armament: 4 five-inch guns
aircraft: 55 (max)
cost: 25 billion
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv01-langley/lang1923.gif

2. a modern CVN aircraft carrier
Power Plant: Eight boilers, four geared steam turbines, four shafts, 280,000 shaft horsepower.
Length, overall: 1062.5 feet (323.8 meters)
Flight Deck Width: 252 feet (76.8 meters)
Beam: 130 feet (39 meters)
Displacement: Approx. 80,800 tons (73,300.5 metric tons) full load
Speed: 30+ knots (34.5+ miles per hour)
Aircraft: 85
cost: 68 billion
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/ships/cvn74.gif