Comparison

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) vs Nimitz class

At a glance they are almost identical: 337 metres against 333, and about 100,000 tons against 97,000. The Ford class essentially reuses the Nimitz hull; what changed is inside — electromagnetic catapults instead of steam, a smaller island set further aft and a new power plant. This pairing mainly shows that the jump between supercarrier generations is not measured in length.

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)Nimitz class

Length to scale

Generic silhouettes by ship type, scaled to length; they do not reproduce each class's exact profile.

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is 1 times longer than Nimitz class · USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) displaces about 1 times as much as Nimitz class

Displacement balance

The tilt is symbolic (logarithmic and capped) so it stays readable even between very different ships.

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)

337 m · 1,106 ft · 100,000 t

US nuclear carrier; the US Navy gives a displacement of about 100,000 tons.

Nimitz class

333 m · 1,093 ft · 97,000 t

Displacement varies between ships of the class; a reference figure is used.

* Open-source estimate. Full-load displacement in approximate metric tonnes (submerged for submarines).

Figures used and how reliable they are

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78): 1,106 ft, 100,000 t. US nuclear carrier; the US Navy gives a displacement of about 100,000 tons.
Nimitz class: 1,093 ft, 97,000 t. Displacement varies between ships of the class; a reference figure is used.

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Sources / References

U.S. Navy Fact Files for carriers, destroyers and submarines.
Royal Navy, French Navy and Spanish Navy public ship pages.
IISS, The Military Balance (annual editions).
Jane's Fighting Ships and Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships (historical ships).