Back  •   Ships  •   Index George Washington-class Battlecruiser Countries United States Classification BLK Length 276 meters Beam Primary hull: 26 meters Drive: 40 meters Krasnikov-Hirasaki Event-capable Loaded Mass 16,776 metric tons Personnel 305 (38 officers, 225 crew, 24 Marines, 18-person flight detachment) Drive 1.27-terawatt Honeywell Nittany Lion Mark IV Fuel Antimatter-initiated fusion of helium-3 and deuterium Cruise Thrust 5.17 milligees Cruise Range 701 kps 0.25 AU flip time 19 days, 12 hours Top Thrust 1.29 gees Missiles 5x40-cell launchers Guns 1x1x18 kg, 12 kps spinal mount 4x2x18 kg, 7.2 kps primary gun battery Laser Engines 2,000 megawatts at 1080 nm Laser Mounts 2x350cm forward tricolor cannon 12x120cm "Linebacker" tricolor counterbattery turrets 28x60cm "Barricade" point-defense turrets Notes Can accomodate 2 Sabre-type dropships Number built 20 Ships in class (partial listing) USS George Washington USS Harry S. Truman USS Javier Benavidez y Diaz Ships in this class are named for past U.S. presidents. Built around the Mark IV Nittany Lion drive, they were the largest ships in the American fleet until the first of the Kitty Hawks were launched, and, like the Kitty Hawks, they must frequently carry drop tanks and operate at below peak drive efficiency to keep up with their lighter, faster consorts.

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