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'''ZMS Castovia''', formerly the '''ZMS Gardner''', is the latest of seven [[Talon-class nuclear aircraft carrier|''Talon'' class]] [[wikipedia:Nuclear marine propulsion|nuclear-powered]] {{wp|aircraft carriers}} in active service within the [[Zamastanian Naval Forces]]. She was launched and commissioned in 2014. The ship's home port is ZNB [[Anchorhead]]. The ship was originally named after [[President of Zamastan|President]] [[Hawk Gardner]] upon its launching, but was renamed after [[William Castovia]] in 2021. It currently operates as a reserve ship rather than serving as a flagship for a specific fleet assignment, having recently completed extensive systems and technologies testing.  
'''ZMS Castovia''', formerly the '''ZMS Gardner''', is the seventh [[Talon-class nuclear aircraft carrier|''Talon'' class]] [[wikipedia:Nuclear marine propulsion|nuclear-powered]] {{wp|aircraft carriers}} in active service within the [[Zamastanian Naval Forces]]. She was launched and commissioned in 2014. The ship's home port is ZNB [[Anchorhead]]. The ship was originally named after [[President of Zamastan|President]] [[Hawk Gardner]] upon its launching, but was renamed after [[William Castovia]] in 2021. It currently operates as a reserve ship rather than serving as a flagship for a specific fleet assignment, having recently completed extensive systems and technologies testing.  


==Construction==
==Construction==

Latest revision as of 04:20, 30 August 2022

USS George Bush (CVN-77) in Strait of Gibraltar, February 2014.jpg
ZMS Castovia transits the Tarijar Strait in 2022
History
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Name: ZMS Castovia
Namesake: William Castovia
Ordered: 20 June 2010
Builder: Tridarry Industries
Cost: Z$2.2 billion
Laid down: 11 January 2012
Christened: 3 May 2013
Launched: 29 June 2014
Commissioned: 19 August 2014
Homeport: ZNB Titania
Nickname(s): Rescuer
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Class and type: Talon-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 102,000 long tons (114,000 short tons)
Length:

Overall: 1,092 feet (332.8 m)

Waterline: 1,040 feet (317.0 m)
Beam:

Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m)

Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m)
Draft:

Maximum navigational: 37 feet (11.3 m)

Limit: 41 feet (12.5 m)
Propulsion:
  • 2 × Bell A4W nuclear reactors (HEU 93.5%)
  • 4 × steam turbines
  • 4 × shafts
  • 260,000 shp (194 MW)
Speed: 30+ knots (56+ km/h; 35+ mph)
Range: Unlimited distance; 20–25 years
Complement:

Ship's company: 3,532

Air wing: 2,480
Armament:
  • 2 × Mk29 ESSM launcher
  • 2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
  • 3 × Kesey CIWS
Armor: 2.5 in (64 mm) Kevlar over vital spaces
Aircraft carried: 90 fixed wing and helicopters

ZMS Castovia, formerly the ZMS Gardner, is the seventh Talon class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in active service within the Zamastanian Naval Forces. She was launched and commissioned in 2014. The ship's home port is ZNB Anchorhead. The ship was originally named after President Hawk Gardner upon its launching, but was renamed after William Castovia in 2021. It currently operates as a reserve ship rather than serving as a flagship for a specific fleet assignment, having recently completed extensive systems and technologies testing.

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