<Tr> <Th> C - 13 - 1 </Th> <Td> 325 feet (99 m) </Td> <Td> 310 feet (94 m) </Td> <Td> 80,000 pounds (36,000 kg) @ 140 knots </Td> <Td> One installation on USS America and USS John F. Kennedy, All on USS Nimitz, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, USS Carl Vinson, and USS Theodore Roosevelt </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> C - 13 - 2 </Th> <Td> 325 feet (99 m) </Td> <Td> 306 feet (93 m) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> USS Abraham Lincoln, USS George Washington, USS John C. Stennis, USS Harry S. Truman </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> C - 13 - 3 </Th> <Td> 261 feet (80 m) </Td> <Td> 246 feet (75 m) </Td> <Td> 60,000 pounds (27,000 kg) @ 140 knots </Td> <Td> FNS Charles de Gaulle </Td> </Tr> <P> The protruding angled ramps (Van Velm Bridle Arresters or horns) at the catapult ends on some aircraft carriers were used to catch the bridles (connectors between the catapult shuttle and aircraft fuselage) for reuse . There were small ropes that would attach to bridle the shuttle, which continued down the angled horn to pull the bridle down and away from the aircraft to keep from damaging the underbelly which was then caught by nets aside the horn . Bridles have not been used on U.S. aircraft since the end of the Cold War, and all U.S. Navy carriers commissioned since then have not had the ramps . The last U.S. carrier commissioned with a bridle catcher was USS Carl Vinson; starting with USS Theodore Roosevelt the ramps were deleted . During Refueling and Complex Overhaul refits in the late 1990s--early 2000s, the bridle catchers were removed from the first three Nimitz - class aircraft carriers . USS Enterprise was the last U.S. Navy operational carrier with the ramps still attached before her inactivation in 2012 . </P>

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