In standoff with Iran, U.S. sailors say the threat level was unlike anything they had seen in years

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Are you kidding????? Why would we ever sink a U.S. carrier anywhere near the Persian Gulf? You do know they are nuclear powered! We would be contaminating our own waters! Plus, it be better if we towed it back home as ghanemat!!!

you see for not sinking it but damaging it seriously i suggest 2-3 direct hit at least

 

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you see for not sinking it but damaging it seriously i suggest 2-3 direct hit at least

1 direct hit would be enough at max if you hit a bad spot 2! That ship is filled with jet fuel and ordinances.... PG Missiles aren't like Anti ship Cruise missiles they have large warheads.....

 

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1 direct hit would be enough at max if you hit a bad spot 2! That ship is filled with jet fuel and ordinances.... PG Missiles aren't like Anti ship Cruise missiles they have large warheads.....

not every where is fuel storage , also the 5cm (flight deck) to 33cm steel used in building that ship is providing a lot more resistance to the explosion than a building or the storage we saw in Ain-Al-Assad also dont forget if fuel tanks are full you wont see explosion hitting them , if they are half empty or 2/3rd empty then that is another story.

these are some number to think
underwater part of the hull plate is made of 150-203mm thick and is double or triple layered depend on the design
the control center is the most protected part and is protected by a 330mm thick steel consider it as well protected as a tank
the structural plate and runway are 50mm thick

In the United States, the yield strength of steel used to make aircraft carrier flight decks is generally above 550 MPa. The US HY series of special steel is also used to manufacture submarine and aircraft carrier flight decks. HY-80 has a yield strength of about 550 MPa and is used in aircraft carrier manufacturing. It is also an alloy steel of nickel chrome and titanium. Then, on the basis of HY-80 steel, the United States developed HY-100 steel with a yield strength of not less than 686 MPa, which is also the main material for the important parts of the US Navy aircraft carrier. HSLA-80 steel is a new high-strength, high-toughness structural steel successfully developed in the United States in the 1980s.

HSLA-100 steel is a steel developed by the United States for a new aircraft carrier shell and an advanced attack-type nuclear submarine (non-pressure-resistant shell). Its performance has reached the level of HY-100 steel, and its thickness can reach 100mm. Its military specification ML-S-24645A has been developed and its welding material is the same as that of HY-100 steel. The first order for HSLA-100 steel was for the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "Stannis" (CVN-74). HSLA-115 steel has a yield strength of approximately 800 MPa, which is higher than HSLA-100 steel (yield strength is approximately 690 MPa). The US Navy used the latter as the flight deck steel for the future aircraft carrier CVN-78, and developed HSLA-115 steel for weight reduction and center of gravity reduction. The US Navy conducted a study on the “High-performance HSLA-115 Steel Evaluation and Implementation Phase II” project from February 28, 2007 to February 22, 2010. Through the new heat treatment, the yield strength of the current high-strength low-alloy steel HSLA-100 is increased to 115ksi (794MPa) (code HSLA-115), and the thickness of the steel plate is reduced, so that the weight of the hull can be reduced under the premise of meeting the performance requirements

thats why i say one or two hit will never be enough a world war 2 carrier needed at least 10-12 torpedo and several bomb to sank