it is set to replace the uss "abraham lincoln". its length is an amazing 1063 feet or 333 meters. it has four steam catapults that can speed up a 100,000 pound plane to 160 mph in 100 meters. it can launch early warning planes, f/a-18 hornets and super hornet fighter-bomber aircraft. it is powered by two nuclear reactors and can stay at sea for 24 years without refueling although refueling needs to be done carefully and only in special naval bases. it weighs 100,000 tons. it carries a maximum of 130 mcdonnell douglas f/a-18 hornets or 85-90 other planes.