HMAS Australia (R22)

The HMAS Australia (R22) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier in service in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1976 and in the Royal Australian Navy from 1990 to 2009.

Specifications

 * Type: Aircraft Carrier (Hull designation symbol CV, pennant number: R22)
 * Service Period: 1990-2009
 * Characteristics
 * Length: 936 feet (285.29 meters)
 * Beam: 130 feet (39.65 meters)
 * Draft: 33 feet (10.06 meters)
 * Displacement: 34,500 tons (Standard); 52,100 tons (Full Load)
 * Crew: 2,260
 * Propulsion: 6 x steam boilers, 4 x Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 4 x shafts, 210,000 shp (157,500 kW)
 * Range: 12,500 miles (20,116.8 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
 * Speed: 33 Knots
 * Sensor Suite
 * AN/SPS-48G E/F-Band 3D Air Search Radar
 * AN/SPS-49(V)A2 L-Band 2D Air Search Radar
 * AN/SPS-67 C-Band Surface Search Radar
 * AN/SPS-64 Navigation Radar
 * AN/SPN-46(V)1 Precision Approach and Landing Radar
 * Mk.95 NSSM Guidance Radar x 4
 * Countermeasures:
 * AN/SLQ-32(V)4 Electronic Warfare Suite
 * AN/SLQ-25C Nixie torpedo countermeasures suite
 * Mk.36 SBROC decoy launchers x 6
 * Armament
 * 2 x Mk.29 NATO Sea Sparrow Missile Launchers
 * 2 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS
 * Aircraft Carried: 60 fixed wing aircraft and helicopters
 * 22 x F/A-18 Boomerang
 * 20 x A-6E/F Intruder
 * 4 x E-2C Hawkeye
 * 4 x S-3A/B Viking
 * 4 x C-2A Greyhound
 * 6 x Westland Sea King Mark.50A/B/C

USS Oriskany (CV-34)
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HMAS Australia (R22)
to be continued at a later date.