WWII Fleet carriers averaged about 2500 officers and men.
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The current generation USS Nimitz supercarriers (the largest ever built) require a crew of about 3200 sailors, and an aircrew of about 2500. The next-generation Ford-class supercarriers reduce this number through automation by almost 20%, to roughly 4700 crew total. For comparison, the prototypical WW2 aircraft carrier, the USS Essex class, had a total crew of 2600.
Typically, an aircraft carrier is home to close to 5,000 people. This includes ship's crew and air wing personnel.
The command module carrying the crew of Apollo 11 landed in the Pacific Ocean, near an aircraft carrier. It floated in the water until the crew was recovered, then scuba divers attached a hook to the top and it was carried by a helicopter to the aircraft carrier.
The crew of a ship depends on its size and mission. While a small gunboat may have a crew of a dozen, an aircraft carrier with its full compliment of aircraft will have several thousand crew members aboard.
The Japanese lost 4 aircraft carriers and the pilots that were part of the crew. The USA lost one aircraft carrier. The USA could make up the lost carrier and crew. The Japanese could not.
The Nimitz class Aircraft carrier (United States) is capable of being at sea for 20 years without having to refuel. the carriers only limitations is her crew.
During a launch, air crew members are exposed to g forces of 3 to 3.5 Gs. They do NOT black out, (actually called greying out) and the aircraft is controlled by the flight crew, not by remote control.
20 billion dollars
No, the C-17 air transport aircraft is much too heavy & large to land on an Aircraft Carrier. Or for that matter take-off again.
I want to say it costed an LHD $1 Mill to transit so maybe a bit more for an aircraft carrier
Only there's no one on the aircraft carrier.