HMAS Australia (R22)
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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[edit | edit source]
- 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
History[edit | edit source]
USS Oriskany (CV-34)[edit | edit source]
to be continued at a later date.
HMAS Australia (R22)[edit | edit source]
to be continued at a later date.