Official U.S. Navy artist's conception of the medium-sized, conventionally-powered, aircraft carrier (CVV), proposed by the Carter administration in 1978 for inclusion in the Fiscal Year 1980 Navy Shipbuilding Program. This 62,500 ton ship would have a length of 278 m (912 ft) and an extreme width of 78 m (256 ft). It would have be capable of operating all contemporary and planned types of carrier aircraft.
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1970s/1979/jul79.pdf">"CVV"</a> in U.S. <i>Navy Naval Aviation News</i>,  July 1976, pp. 8-9; Official U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-88000/NH-88035.html">NH 88035</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/USN-1172000/USN-1172967.html">USN 1172967</a> from the U.S. Navy <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil">Naval History and Heritage Command</a>