hard to believe
 

That this carrier will or could stay at sea for 20 yrs without refueling...:head:

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...78/ussbush.jpg

Could probably power a small city with it too. Very cool. :clap:

I was watching the History Channel the other day and they were talking about the USS Enterprise(CVN-65), It was the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier. After it was compleated, it was considered too expensive to build nuclear carriers and several under construction at the time were converted to conventional power.The idea of nuclear power was almost abandoned. Now a days, it wouldn't seem right to build a carrier that wasn't nuclear

They carry 2.4 MILLION gals of fuel in their bellies...that's for the aircraft on board...