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Class overview
Name	Hornet class
Builders	Newport News Shipbuilding
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	Saipan-class aircraft carrier
Cost	US$5.6 billion($7.3 billion in 2023)
Planned	9
Building	3
Completed	6
Active	3
Retired	3
General characteristics
Type	Aircraft carrier
Displacement	47,000 tons
Length	305m overall 279m waterline
Beam	38m
Draft	13m
Propulsion	General Electric LM2500+ gas turbines; 132,000 shp (98,000 kW);
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement	3,900
Sensors and ; processing systems	AN/SPS-48G 3-D air search radar; AN/SPS-49 2-D air search radar; AN/SPQ-9B surface search radar; AN/SPN-46(V1) air traffic control radars;
Armament	2 × RIM-162 ESSM launchers; 2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers; 2 x Phalanx CIWS; 4 x M2 Browning;
Armor	Up to 2 inches Kevlar over key areas
Aircraft carried	Up to 75

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Class overview

Name	Hornet class
Builders	Newport News Shipbuilding
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	Saipan-class aircraft carrier
Cost	US$5.6 billion($7.3 billion in 2023)^[1]
Planned	9
Building	3
Completed	6
Active	3
Retired	3
General characteristics
Type	Aircraft carrier
Displacement	47,000 tons
Length	305m overall 279m waterline
Beam	38m
Draft	13m
Propulsion	General Electric LM2500+ gas turbines 132,000 shp (98,000 kW)
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement	3,900
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-48G 3-D air search radar AN/SPS-49 2-D air search radar AN/SPQ-9B surface search radar AN/SPN-46(V1) air traffic control radars
Armament	2 × RIM-162 ESSM launchers 2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers 2 x Phalanx CIWS 4 x M2 Browning
Armor	Up to 2 inches Kevlar over key areas
Aircraft carried	Up to 75