14 November 2011

Basketball game played on an active aircraft carrier

11 Nov 2011 - Veterans Day

The first college basketball game to be played on an active Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson, the aircraft carrier that buried al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden at sea.

Crowd: 7,000, includes President Obama

Result: Michigan State 55-67 No. 1 North Carolina

The nuclear-powered carrier stretches 1,092 feet, weighs 95,000 tons and has 4 steam catapults that can accelerate a jet fighter from 0 to 165 mph in just 2 seconds.






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