Details and some sneek peek images inside the box at Trumpeter Models latest carrier addition, the "USS DWIGHT D.EISENHOWER CVN-69 1978", in 1/700 scale plastic.
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USS DWIGHT D.EISENHOWER CVN-69 1978
Scale 1:700
L: 472.75mm
W: 99.73mm
Total Plastic Parts~684pcs
Box Size~55 x25 x6.8cm
Photo Etched Part ~Small mast
MEAS.~64.2×57×52.6cm
Total Sprues~32pcs
Decal Marking CVN-69 1978


The Vessel

Length overall: 332.9m
Beam max: 76.8m
Displacement: 91000-102000t

"The Nimitz Class aircraft carriers are the largest warships ever built. With over 6,000 personnel, the carrier has a displacement of 102,000t, and a flight deck length of 332.9m. All seven nuclear-powered Nimitz class carriers have been built by Newport News Shipbuilding, based in Virginia.

The Nimitz air wing consists of 74-86 aircraft. The flight deck measures 333 x 77m and is equipped with four lifts, four steam-driven catapults and four arrester wires. The carrier is capable of launching one aircraft every 20s. The nuclear-powered carrier has two General Electric pressurized water reactors driving four turbines of 260,000hp (194MW) and four shafts. There are four emergency diesels of 10,720hp (8MW).

The first of class, USS Nimitz, was commissioned in 1975. The latest, USS Ronald Reagan CVN-76, was commissioned in July 2003."