The USS Carl Vinson has a crew of ~6100 persons. At a pay rate of ~$25/hr, it costs $155,000/hr just to crew the ship, or, if all workers only work 8 hr days (unlikely), $930,000/day. That’s just for crew pay, directly… leaving out benefits, medical care, and all other costs including munitions, fuel and parts. It’s about $300,000,000/yr. Just to crew that single warship…