USS George Washington

With an overall length of 333 m and displacements of over 100,000 long tons, it is one of the largest warships ever built¡­.

It was built by Newport News Shipbuilding and was commissioned 4 July 1992. Photo: AFP/Getty Images

George Washington (commonly known as GW) is 1,092 ft (333 m) long, 257 ft (78 m) wide and 244 feet (74 m) high.

?

The super carrier can accommodate approximately 80 aircraft and has a flight deck 4.5 acres (18,000 m?) in size, using four elevators that are 3,880 sqft (360 sqm) each to move planes between the flight deck and the hangar bay.

With a combat load, GW displaces almost 97,000 long tons (99,000 t) and can accommodate 6,250 crewmembers.

Its four distilling units can make 400,000 U.S. gallons (1,500,000 L) of potable water a day; its food service divisions serve 18,000 meals per day.

There are over 2,500 compartments on board requiring 2,520 refrigeration tons (8.6 MW) of air conditioning capacity (enough to cool over 2,000 homes).

The warship uses two Mark II stockless anchors that weigh 30 tons [vague] each, with each link of the anchor chain weighing 360 pounds (160 kg).

It is equipped with two 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts and two Sea Sparrow SAM launchers.