Errymath: Nimitz-class

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Person, for scale, on the stairs. (Photo Credits: Daily Documentary/YouTube)<br />
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With a 134 foot beam, that’s the ship’s widest point at the waterline, the <em>Nimitz </em>pushes about 97,000 tons of water out of its way with propellors the size of suburban houses.<br />
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Salt water loves metal, but metal does not like salt. (Photo credit: Daily Documentary/YouTube)<br />
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 of the jet wing-sized rudders comes out of the vessel like a giant’s 
door hinge, and has to be completely sand-blasted and repainted before 
going back into service.<br />
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Man, this is frustrating when the chain fits in your hand! f<i>oxtrotalpha.jalopnik</i><br />
Just putting a chain together is a laughably massive project when that chain has to hoist a 30 ton anchor into the air.<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimitz-class_aircraft_carrier" target="_blank"><i>Nimitz</i></a> sailing.<br />
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The <i>Nimitz, </i>deployed in 1975, is the oldest <a href="http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=200&ct=4" rel="noopener" target="_blank">U.S. Navy aircraft carrier</a>
 in service today. Just keeping a small boat alive in salt water that 
long takes some work, but when the ship is over 1,000 feet long the 
scale of maintained projects is just incredible.<br />
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This clip from the show <em>Dry Dock </em>takes us through just a few elements of a year-long maintenance regiment that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimitz-class_aircraft_carrier" target="_blank">U.S.S. </a><em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimitz-class_aircraft_carrier" target="_blank">Nimitz</a> </em>was
 put through a few years ago before returning to duty. When it is 
active, the ship is home to over 3,000 servicemen and women and some 60 
aircraft.<br />
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Aside from the very large and significant task of maintaining the <em>Nimitz</em>’s
 pair of nuclear reactors and of course cleaning the aircraft-catching 
cables, a lot of these chores are the same things your uncle dreads when
 he pulls is boat out of its slip for the winter and gets to work 
replacing things the ocean has eaten.<br />
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The sheer size and weight of everything on this vessel is just 
awesome to see. Gives you some good perspective on what this equipment 
is really like up close, and just how hard a Navy mechanic’s job can be. <i>foxtrotalpha.jalopnik</i><br />
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The Scale Of Aircraft Carrier Maintenance Is Ridiculous

Person, for scale, on the stairs. (Photo Credits: Daily Documentary/YouTube) With a 134 foot beam, that’s the ship’s widest po...

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