On 09Jan2021 1349, Kurt Feltenberger wrote:
> Someone mentioned yearly maintenance costs being rather low. eSysman
> discusses yearly total cost of operations in this video and that a
> good yardstick is ~10% of the original purchase cost.  This is an
> average, and includes crew salaries, maintenance, provisioning, fuel,
> berthing fees, etc., everything that it takes to keep the yacht
> operation and in top condition for 1 year.
>
> https://youtu.be/H9Fs6O6nehY
>
I just saw a costing for a Nimitz-class carrier, and they run at about
that too, including the purchase price, refit costs, and disposal costs
(including of the reactor fuel). Of course, they're looking at a 40-50
year or more service life, which spreads the fixed costs a lot. Also,
that didn't include the air wing, and aircraft cost a *lot* to run (on
the other hand they're also very pricey, so it may still work out for them).

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