USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) is a Nimitz-class, nuclear-powered supercarrier in the service of the United States Navy. The ninth ship of her class, she is named in honor of Ronald W. Reagan, President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. She was built at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia, and was commissioned on 12 July 2003. Ronald Reagan made five deployments to the Pacific and Middle East between 2006 and 2011 while based at Naval Air Station North Island. In October 2015, Ronald Reagan replaced USS George Washington as the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, the only forward-based carrier strike group home-ported at Yokosuka, Japan, as part of the United States Seventh Fleet. Since 2016, Ronald Reagan has embarked on short annual summer patrols of the Western Pacific in the United States Seventh Fleet area of operation.
The contract to build Ronald Reagan was awarded to Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia, on 8 December 1994, and her keel was laid down on 12 February 1998. The budget for the ship had to be increased several times, and ultimately $4.5 billion was spent on her construction. This included a redesigned ship island. Ronald Reagan was christened by Reagan's wife Nancy on 4 March 2001 at Newport News Shipbuilding, the crew moved aboard on 30 October 2002, and the ship was commissioned on 12 July 2003 at Naval Station Norfolk, with Captain J. W. Goodwin in command.
Controls:
Throttle: Drive carrier
AG1+Throttle: Drive carrier reverse
Yaw: Steer carrier
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 260.2ft (79.3m)
- Length 1077.5ft (328.4m)
- Height 250.0ft (76.2m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight N/A
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.017
- Wing Loading 880.8lbs/ft2 (4,300.4kg/m2)
- Wing Area 7,696.2ft2 (715.0m2)
- Drag Points 184
Parts
- Number of Parts 382
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 1,100
That’s actually so cool. I got the opportunity to visit this ship recently. Deputy Commodore had a helicopter fly me and my shipmates over. Saw some flight ops and had some good talks with the officers
USS beast rtx on
@Inuyasha8215 maybe as the build reference and the blueprint
@LunarEclipseSP Ah alright, feel free to use some parts of my Nimitz-class carriers
@Inuyasha8215 No no no, i mean i made it by myself, not "stolen" it from you.
I have already made the Kuznetsov Class, so i actually had an intention to making her Allied counterpart
I am currently having an intention about making a Nimitz Class for my naval prop target
Finally, I can play as the USS beast!
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Anyways, looks like a nice playground for MP. Sadly , it doesn’t have an internal hangar.
Seriously, how is this 380 parts only? this looks fantastic!
Saw the Reagan daily when I lived in Yokosuka, Japan. Never got to board her but I did so on GW. Certified Based Build
300+Parts
Quite Mobile frindly (almost)