USS Nimitz
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| Length | 333 m |
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| Aircraft carried | 90 fixed wing and helicopters |
| Commissioned | 3 May 1975 |
| Homeport | Naval Base Kitsap |
| Complement | Ship's company: 3,532; Air wing: 2,480 |
| Did you know | A C-2 Greyhound of VRC-30 and an F-35C Lightning II of VX-23 ready for launching from Nimitz in November 2014; a second F-35C and an F/A-18F Super Hornet sit behind the catapults. |
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| ID | 556612 |
About USS Nimitz
USS Nimitz is a supercarrier of the United States Navy, and the lead ship of her class. One of the largest warships in the world, she was laid down, launched and commissioned as CVAN-68; "aircraft . . .
Coronavirus: 668 infected on the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle
Charles De Gaulle is now docked at the French port of Toulon
A third of The Sailors serve with French Aircraft Carrier " Charles De Gaulle - 668 from the almost 2000 - Are infected with the coronavirus.
Almost all of them Are on The Carrier itself, the navy. An escort of the frigate and carrier pilots Are also in quarantine.
The Carrier returned to the French port of Toulon early from the Atlantic exercises. Twenty sailors in the hospital, in intensive care.
is likely to increase The infection in the total than 30% of the test results Are not in yet.
The Navy is investigating how so many sailors The Virus is caught. Last week, the Aircraft Carrier was brought home showed, 10 days early from his Atlantic deployment after some sailors symptoms.
Earlier this month, nearly 600 coronavirus cases were, one of two U.S. Aircraft Carrier in the Western Pacific ocean.
A sailor died later from Covid-19 in Guam, according to The Ship - this is a total team of 4,800 - had docked.
the captain of The Ship Board Crozier was fired after the letter to ask for help with the outbreak leaked to the media was to US. A public outcry over the termination of the trigger for the resignation of the acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly.
The US military has expanded, the medical facilities on Guam for The EmergencyMeanwhile, a Dutch Marine, U-Boot, MS Dolfijn, back to Den Helder base Two Weeks early because of a coronavirus outbreak on Board.
Eight of the 58 crew tested positive, and the U-boat that was sailing in the vicinity of Scotland, is now in quarantine.
pandemic strikes, naval deploymentsthe proximity and contagion make for dangerous Ship -mates. We have already seen how deadly The Virus can be guests in the narrow confines of the civilian cruise ships, although many older. Now France is only a carrier and its Navy flagship, the Charles De Gaulle , was hit.
after the outbreak of the US carrier USS Theodore of the U.S. Roosevelt, Navy is trying to quarantine The Crew of the Uss Nimitz on Board, before a future use. The problems of maternity can be increased to such large ships.
A typical US nuclear-powered carrier has a crew of more than 5,000, including The Ship and sailors and air wing. Aircraft carriers Are the Central tool of the global military presence, and this pandemic is proving to be highly problematic for the US Navy.
The Number of carriers available is limited and there Are never enough. The U.S. Navy is the most Drastic Measures . The Carrier USS Harry S. Truman, at The End of a seven-month mission, taking place in offshore, to ensure that at least one carrier is ready for a short-term increase in deployment, if necessary.
France and China diplomatic row,France is Covid-19 deaths is 17,167 during 10,643 of these died in the hospital. Health authorities said on Wednesday 6,457 Covid-19 patients were in the ICU, 273 less than on Tuesday
The country has extended, has a very strict lockdown-President Emmanuel Macron to 11. May. It has the third-highest death numbers in Europe, after Italy and Spain, but some European countries seem to be in the reporting of nursing home deaths.
A diplomatic row erupted between France and China This Week after an unnamed Chinese diplomats claim that in some Western nursing homes staff sick pensioner had to be abandoned. The author uses the French term "Ehpad" for nursing homes, and the article is still on the Chinese Embassy website.
Now the Chinese Embassy has reacted to the French in trouble, by his Ministry of foreign Affairs spokesman, Zhao Lijian, the stresses that Beijing's close cooperation with France and other countries in the fight against the pandemic.
"We hope that it cited no misunderstanding: the Chinese side has never had a negative comment on French management of the epidemic, and has no intention of doing this," he said.
Given the shortage of medical kit, like in many other countries, in France, about 600 million face masks from China is not ordered, although you still arrived, the Reuters news Agency reported.
coronavirus lockdown measures, coronavirus pandemic, france, china, us armed forces
Source of news: bbc.com
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