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Originally Posted by tcar
...and since the deck is much wider than the beam... the Nimitz deck is more than 250' wide.
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I was taking the Webster definition and applying it to the data, which said the beam was 134'.
beam
noun: beam; plural noun: beams
Nautical
a ship's breadth at its widest point.
But in this case you're right because the website I was on gives two beam measurements.... 134' at the waterline, and 252' overall. My fault for overlooking that.
So the 185' wide B52 should have 33' of deck clearance on either wingtip, assuming it is centered on deck at the widest point.