Australia-class Aircraft Carrier
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The Australia-class Aircraft Carrier' is a class of large aircraft carrier in service in the Royal Australian Navy. The Australia-class was designed by DRDC in 2008 to replace Australia's previous aircraft carrier, the 55 year old Essex-class carrier HMAS Australia which had been severely damaged by an attack from Indian Air Force MiG-29s on June 21st, 2008. The Australia is powered by a pair of pebble bed nuclear reactors and has three EMALS catapults for launching aircraft. The Australia can hold up to seventy fixed wing aircraft and helicopters.
Specifications[edit | edit source]
- Type: Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier (Hull designation symbol CVN)
- Service Period: 2015-
- Characteristics
- Length: 947 feet 5 inches (288.77 meters)
- Beam (waterline): 130 feet 2 inches (39.68 meters)
- Beam (flight deck): 248 feet 4 inches (75.7 meters)
- Draft: 32 feet 5 inches (9.88 meters)
- Displacement: 54,600 tons
- Crew: 1,165 officers and enlisted
- Endurance: 65 days of food and supplies
- Power: 320,000 shp (238.72 MW)
- Propulsion:
- 2 x PBMR Type-25NV 120MW pebble bed type nuclear reactors
- 8 x Westinghouse geared steam turbines
- 4 x Vektris Engineering electric generator turbines
- 4 x shafts
- Range: Unlimited
- Speed: 35 Knots (64.82 km/h; 40.28 mph)
- Sensor Suite:
- AN/SPY-3 Multifunction AESA Radar
- AN/SPS-48G 3D Air Search Radar
- AN/SPS-49A(V)1 2D Air Search Radar
- AN/SPQ-9B Fire Control Radar
- AN/SPN-41 Instrument Landing System Radar
- AN/SPN-43C Air Traffic Control Radar
- AN/SPN-46 Air Traffic Control Radars x 2
- Countermeasures:
- AN/SLQ-32(V)7 Electronic Warfare Suite
- AN/SLQ-25C Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures
- Mk.53 Nulka decoy launchers x 4
- Armament
- 3 x Mark 41 Vertical Launch Systems (2 64-cell, 1 16-cell)
- 4 x Naval Defender twin 35mm CIWS systems
- 5 x MLG 27 autocannons
- Aircraft Carried: Up to 70 fixed wing aircraft and helicopters
- Aircraft Supported: F-16CA Sea Viper, (A)F/A-18C/D Hornet, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, EA-18G Growler, F-35C Lightning II, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, C-2A(R) Greyhound, S-3AU Viking, MH-60R Seahawk, MH-60S Knighthawk, Westland Sea King Mk.50C, SH-92 Cyclone
Unit Run[edit | edit source]
- HMAS Australia (R23)
- HMAS Commonwealth (R24) - fitting out
