The Harry S. Truman is the Navy’s largest aircraft carrier.  It is 1,096 feet long, it is as long as the empire state building is tall. Aircraft carriers carry many kinds of aircraft.  They carry helicopters, planes and jets.  They carry ground crews and radar equipment to specified areas as well.  The Navy uses helicopters to scout for enemy fleets.  Navy warships would be used to attack enemy aircraft, surface craft and ground enemies.

Ship Types

Cruisers are medium-seized warships.  They carry powerful weapons.  They carry missiles, torpedoes, anti-aircraft artillery, and other missiles and weapons.  The newest cruiser, the Ticonderoga, carries large missiles and guns and other advanced weapon systems.  The PHM 1 Pegasus was designed to operate offensively against hostile surface combatants.  They were the Navy’s fastest ships with single turbine engines.  They had 76mm guns.  DD-963 Spruance was a destroyer used for primary missions.  It was originally designed as an Anti-Submarine destroyer.  It used 2 MK 143 Armored Launchers,  2 MK141 quad launchers with 8 harpoon missiles, MK29 launchers, for NATO Sea Sparrow Missile System, 2 MK 15 20mm Phalanx CIWS close-in weapons system,2 5inch 54caliber MK 45 guns, 2 MK 32 triple tube mounts with 6 MK-46 Torpedoes, and an MK 112 launcher for ASROC.