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===Service in Zamastan=== | ===Service in Zamastan=== | ||
===Service in Kalea=== | ===Service in Kalea=== | ||
''Kapena Aukai'' was deployed off the coast of [[Zalluabed]] during [[Operation Afton]] in December 2023. | |||
[[Category:Zamastan]][[Category:Kalea]][[Category:Military of Zamastan]][[Category:Coalition of Crown Albatross]] | [[Category:Zamastan]][[Category:Kalea]][[Category:Military of Zamastan]][[Category:Coalition of Crown Albatross]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:50, 2 December 2023
_sails_past_a_small_group_of_Japanese_fishing_vessels_and_heads_toward_Sagami_Bay.jpg) KMP Kapena Aukai underway in the Cantalle Ocean, 2005
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| History | |
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 Kalea
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| Name: | Kapena Aukai |
| Laid down: | 27 December 1964 |
| Launched: | 21 May 1967 |
| Commissioned: | 29 April 1967 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Hamilton-class |
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| Length: | 1,068.9 ft (325.8 m) LOA |
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| Draft: | 38 ft (12 m) |
| Propulsion: | Geared steam turbines, eight steam boilers, four shafts; 280,000 shp (210 MW) |
| Speed: | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Complement: | 5,624 officers and men |
| Armament: | Surface-to-air missiles, 2 RAM, 2 CIWS Automated Anti-Missile/Aircraft Defenses |
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The KMP Kapena Aukai, formerly known as the ZMS Thiers, is a Hamilton-class aircraft carrier in service with the Kalean Maritime Patrol. Originally launched in 1967, the then-ZMS Thiers served in the Zamastanian Naval Forces until she was sold to the Kalean government in 1987 and was renamed Kapena Aukai, meaning "Captain of the Seas".
History
Construction and commissioning
Service in Zamastan
Service in Kalea
Kapena Aukai was deployed off the coast of Zalluabed during Operation Afton in December 2023.