Hamilton-class aircraft carrier

Hamilton class

ZMS Hamilton conducting sea trials in the Western Cantalle Ocean, May 2001
Class overview
Name:	Hamilton class
Preceded by:	Upham-class
Succeeded by:	Talon-class
Built:	1959 - 1974
In commission:	21 April 1961 – present
Completed:	16
Active:	5
Preserved:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Aircraft carrier
Displacement:	60,933 long tons (61,911 t) light 81,780 long tons (83,090 t) full load
Length:	1,069 ft (326 m) overall 990 ft (300 m) waterline
Beam:	130 ft (40 m) waterline 282 ft (86 m) extreme
Draft:	38 ft (12 m)
Installed power:	280,000 shaft horsepower (210 MW)
Propulsion:	8 × steam boilers with geared steam turbines 4 × shafts 280,000 shp (210 MW)
Speed:	32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range:	12,000 miles (19,300 km)
Crew:	5,624
Armament:	24 × SAMs 3–4 × CIWSs
Aircraft carried:	Up to 90 aircraft

The Hamilton-class aircraft carriers were an incremental improvement on the Upham-class vessels. All 16 were built and designed for the Zamastanian Naval Forces between 1959-1974 to supplement the ships lost or damaged in the World War. While none of the Hamilton-vessels remain in service in the Zamastanian military and 12 have been decommissioned, scrapped, or repurposed as museum ships, 5 of the ships were sold to nations friendly with Zamastan and remain in active service.

Ships in class

• ZMS Hamilton - launched 1961, decommissioned 1987, currently a museum ship in Terrabone.
• ZMS Jeannette - launched 1961, decommissioned 1999, currently a museum ship in White Rock.
• ZMS Cousteau - launched 1961, decommissioned 1982, scrapped in Anchorhead in 2000
• ZMS Maynard - launched 1961, decommissioned 1986, scrapped in Anchorhead in 2005
• ZMS Baptiste - launched 1961, decommissioned 1986, scrapped in Anchorhead in 2007
• ZMS Thompson - launched 1961, decommissioned 1987, scrapped in Anchorhead in 2011
• ZMS Cellier - launched 1961, decommissioned 1987, scrapped in Anchorhead in 2015
• ZMS Lucrece - launched 1961, decommissioned 1992, scrapped in Anchorhead in 2019
• ZMS Camille - launched 1961, decommissioned 2006, set to be scrapped in Anchorhead
• ZMS Bellete - launched 1961, decommissioned 2011, set to be scrapped in Anchorhead
• BMS Albrecht Nebeling - launched 1961 as the ZMS Appell, sold to Besmenia in 1985, in active service.
• RBNS Grizzly - launched 1965 as the ZMS Passereau, sold to Beatavic in 1989, in active service.
• CSS Audun Alstad - launched 1968 as the ZMS Houfeld, sold to Caspiaa in 2005, in active service.
• KMP Kapena Aukai - launched 1967 as the ZMS Thiers, sold to Kalea in 1986, in active service.
• SCZ Nievisca - launched 1961 as the ZMS Flynn, sold to Zoygaria in 2009, in active service.
• ENS Ouderlig - launched 1965 as the ZMS Huffman, sold to New Elkland in 2004, in active service.