Ekaterina Velikaya-class Aircraft Carrier

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The Project 23000E Ekaterina Velikaya-class supercarriers were a trio of nuclear powered supercarriers built for the Russian Navy in the late 2010s and commissioned in the early-to-mid 2020s. They incorporated numerous technical improvements over the Admiral Kuznetsov and Ulyanovsk.

Specifications[edit | edit source]

  • Type: Nuclear powered supercarrier
  • Service Period: 2024-
  • Characteristics
    • Length: 1,128 feet 4 inches (343.92 meters)
    • Beam (Overall): 248 feet 7 inches (75.77 meters); Waterline: 133 feet 10 inches (40.79 meters)
    • Draft: 35 feet 5 inches (10.8 meters)
    • Displacement: 87,830 tons (Full Load)
  • Crew: 4,135 (2,380 ship's crew and 1,755 air crew)
  • Endurance: 65 days
  • Propulsion: 4 x KN-3B nuclear reactors, 4 x steam turbines, 4 x shafts, 288,000 shp (215 MW)
  • Range: Unlimited, nuclear core lasts 20 years
  • Speed: 32.7 knots (60.56 km/hr)
  • Sensor Suite:
  • Countermeasures:
  • Armament
    • 48 x 9M317ME Buk medium-range SAMs
    • 2 x RBU-12000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
    • 8 x Kashtan CIWS
  • Aviation Facilities: 4 x electromagnetic catapults
  • Aircraft Carried: 90 fixed wing aircraft and helicopters
  • Aircraft Supported: Mikoyan MiG-29K, Sukhoi Su-33M, Sukhoi Su-57K, Sukhoi Su-24M, Yakovlev Yak-44C/E, Kamov Ka-27, Kamov Ka-31, Kamov Ka-50

Unit Run[edit | edit source]

  • RFK Ekaterina Velikaya - under construction
  • RFK Aleksandr Osvoboditel - planned for construction
  • RFK Imperator Pavel I - planned for construction