Vol 2 Chapter 57: Norfolk Naval Base
Hearing Zhou Wenwen's frank words, although the expression on Colonel Hamm's face was a bit ugly, he had to admit that things were just as Zhou Wenwen said, but not only the Anacosti District-Pollin Joint Base was prepared.
Along the riverside of the Anacosti District-Pollin Joint Base, the Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia has entered a state of war and is ready for battle.
As for the mission status of the Norfolk Naval Base, Major Hamm doesn't know if he is not involved in this naval base. He only knows that the base's aircraft carrier has been dispatched and the planes on the deck have also taken off.
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The Norfolk Naval Base, Naval Norfolk, is part of the U.S. Naval Fleet Command and covers an area of 4,631 acres.
The Norfolk Naval Base is located in Virginia on the Atlantic coast of the United States, at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, at the mouth of the James River and the Elizabeth River, 18 nautical miles from the Atlantic Ocean, and only 250 kilometers from the capital Washington.
Historically, Norfolk played an important role in both the American Revolution and the Civil War. The current Norfolk Naval Base covers an area of 4,631 acres and is a base of the U.S. Navy that supports naval operations in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indian Oceans.
The site covers a 6-kilometer waterfront area on a peninsula known as Sewell's Point at Hampton Anchorage, as well as an 11-kilometer jetty and quayside area.
Norfolk Naval Base is the location of the Atlantic Fleet, where the 4th, 6th, and 8th aircraft carrier groups are stationed. At the same time, Norfolk Naval Base is also the five nuclear-powered aircraft carriers of the US Navy, namely "Eisenhower" and "Roosevelt". , "Lincoln", "Truman" and "Bush" home port.
The Norfolk Dock Line has a total length of 11 kilometers, a total of 14 docks and 11 aircraft hangars, which can accommodate 75 ships and 134 aircraft of various types. Among them, piers 11 and 12 are the places where large ships such as nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are mainly docked, while piers 20 and 25 are used to berth destroyers and nuclear submarines.
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At this time, in addition to cruisers and destroyers, the remaining aircraft carriers at Norfolk Naval Base were the USS Enterprise, USS Harry S. Truman, and USS Theodore Roosevelt.
USS Enterprise, English: USSEnterprise, hull number: CVN-65, Chinese: often translated as "Enterprise" or "Courageous", English nickname: BigE.
The USS Enterprise is the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy and the world, and the only enterprise-class aircraft carrier built.
The main size of the USS Enterprise is 342.3 meters x 40.8 meters x 11.9 meters, with a crew of 3,215 people, powered by 8 A2W pressurized water reactors, turbo-electric propulsion, four-axis and four-propellers, a maximum speed of 35 knots, and an endurance of 400,000 nautical miles/20 knots , the flight deck is 331.6 meters x 76.8 meters, and the maximum carrying capacity is 84 aircraft.
USS Theodore Roosevelt, English: USSTheodoreRooseveltCVN-71[1], translation: USS Theodore Roosevelt, referred to as: USS Theodore Roosevelt.
Although the Roosevelt aircraft carrier belongs to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, due to the seven ships of the same class starting from this ship and the first three aircraft carriers, the performance specifications have been greatly improved, including the two sides of the hull. The cabin system, hangars, ammunition depots and other important parts are equipped with 63.5 mm thick Kevlar armor to enhance protection, the displacement is increased by 5,000 tons, and the draft is increased to 11.8 meters.
Therefore, the USS Theodore Roosevelt is also nicknamed the Roosevelt-class aircraft carrier, but the US official still classifies it as a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.
USS Truman, English: USSHarry S. Truman, CVN-75, full name: USS Harry S. Truman, is the 8th Nimitz-class aircraft carrier built by the United States in the 1990s.
The USS Truman is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. The ship's performance specifications have been greatly improved, including a compartment system on both sides of the hull, hangars, ammunition depots, etc. The top and sides of the important parts are equipped with 63.5 mm thick Kevlar armor for enhanced protection, the displacement is increased by 5,000 tons, and the draft is increased to 11.8 meters. The ship can carry 80 combat aircraft of various types].
The aircraft carriers USS Truman and USS Roosevelt are here because they were overhauled and replaced and replenished with nuclear fuel at the Newport News Shipyard in New York, USA from 2010 to 2012.
The comprehensive refueling overhaul project of the two aircraft carriers is expected to cost 3 billion US dollars. Although expensive, this is the most important comprehensive overhaul during the 50-year service period of the two aircraft carriers.
During the refueling and comprehensive overhaul of the aircraft carrier, by replacing the fuel of the aircraft carrier's nuclear reactor and maintaining, updating and upgrading various aircraft carrier equipment and systems, it can ensure that the aircraft carrier maintains a good operational state during the subsequent service period.
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