Clemenceau-class Aircraft Carrier

The Clemenceau-class Aircraft Carrier is a class of medium sized aircraft carrier used previously by the Marine Nationale and currently by the Brazilian Navy. Currently both Clemenceau-class carriers serve in the Brazilian Navy as NAeL Sao Paulo (A12) and NAeL Brasilia (A13). After several extensive rebuilds and modernization programs, the Clemenceau-class carriers are some of the most modern aircraft cariers in world.

Original Specifications

 * Type: Aircraft Carrier
 * Service Period: 1961-2000 (France), 2001-Present (Brazil)
 * Characteristics
 * Length: 869 feet (264.87 meters)
 * Beam: 168 feet (51.21 meters)
 * Draught: 28 feet (8.54 meters)
 * Displacement: 22,000 tons (Standard), 32,780 tons (Full Load)
 * Crew: 1,920 (1,338 ship crew and 582 air crew)
 * Propulsion: 6 x Indret boilers, 4 x steam turbines, 126,000 shp
 * Range: 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 kilometers)
 * Speed: 32 knots (59.27 km/hr)
 * Sensor Suite:
 * 1 DRBV-23B air sentry radar
 * 1 DRBV-50 low altitude or surface sentry radar (later replaced by a DRBV-15)
 * 1 NRBA-50 approach radar
 * 2 DRBI-10 tri-dimensional air sentry radar
 * Multiple DRBN-34 navigation radars
 * Multiple DRBC-31 fire direction radars (later replaced by DRBC-32C radars)
 * Armament
 * 8 100 mm turrets (of which 4 replaced in the 1990s by 2 SACP Crotale EDIR systems with 52 missiles)
 * 5 x 12.7mm machine guns
 * Aircraft Carried: 15 Super Étendard, 4 Étendard IVP, 8 F-8E(FN) Crusader, 8 Alizé, 2 Dauphin Pedro, 2 Super Frelon

Current Specifications

 * Type: Aircraft Carrier
 * Service Period: 1961-2000 (France), 2001-Present (Brazil)
 * Characteristics
 * Length: 903 feet (275.23 meters)
 * Beam: 168 feet (51.21 meters)
 * Draught: 28 feet (8.54 meters)
 * Displacement: 22,800 tons (Standard), 33,972 tons (Full Load)
 * Crew: 1,340
 * Propulsion: 4 x General Electric LM2500+ gas turbines, turbo-electric drive, 4 x shafts
 * Range: 9,000 nautical miles (16,668 kilometers)
 * Speed: 35 knots (64.82 km/hr)
 * Sensor Suite
 * Artisan 3D Maritime Medium Range Radar
 * AN/SPQ-9B Fire Control Radar
 * AN/SPN-41 Landing Aid Radar
 * AN/SPN-43C Air Traffic Control Radar
 * AN/SPN-46 Air Traffic Control Radar
 * AN/SPS-48E 3D Air Search Radar
 * AN/SPS-49(V)5 2D Air Search Radar
 * Glide Path Camera
 * Mk.91 NSSM Guidance Radar x 4
 * Mk.95 Radars x 4
 * Countermeasures
 * AN/SLQ-25C Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures Suite
 * AN/SLQ-32(V)4 Electronic Warfare Suite
 * AN/SLQ-49 Chaff Bouy Decoy System
 * Rheinmetall Multi Ammunition Softkill System
 * Aviation Facilities: 4 x steam catapults, 12 degree angled flight deck, 2 x elevators
 * Armament
 * 3 x Mk.29 ESSM Launchers
 * 3 x MLG-27 27mm autocannons
 * 2 x 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS
 * Aircraft Carried:
 * Dassault Rafale M x 18
 * Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet x 20
 * Grumman C-1B Trader x 2
 * Grumman E-2C Hawkeye 2000 x 4
 * Grumman S-2T Turbo Tracker x 6
 * Eurocopter UH-15 Cougar x 4
 * Sikorsky MH-16 Seahawk x 4

Unit Run

 * NAeL Sao Paulo (A12) - former MN Foch (R99)
 * NAeL Brasilia (A13) - former MN Clemenceau (R98)