Can US aircraft Carriers fit through the Panama Canal? Links?

Question

Can US aircraft Carriers fit through the Panama Canal? Links?

Answer 1

If they meet Panamax standards, yes.  I've seen pictures where some have, but I'm not sure if the newer class can do so or not.

Panama is building another set of canals to handle bigger ships.

Answer 2

yes they can go thru except for the reagan class which has to go around the tip of south america.

Answer 3

yes, but it's a darn tite squeeze

Answer 4

The old WWII era carriers could go through the canal. The bigger nuclear ones can not.

Some of the "helicopter assault ships" that look like aircraft carriers can probably still make it through but not the main fleet carriers.

The max length of the canal locks is 965 ft and that is less than many of the current carriers. The nimitz is 1092 ft long (our main nuclear carrier class) and cant go through.

a link of a WWII era carrier in the canal

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/020...