Hamilton-class aircraft carrier

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Hamilton class
US Navy 060526-N-8591H-164 USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) departs Yokosuka, Japan, to conduct sea trials in the Western Pacific Ocean.jpg
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
Laid up: 1
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 most have been decommissioned, scrapped, or repurposed as museum ships, 3 of the ships were sold to nations friendly with Zamastan.

Description

Ships in class

Service history

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Accidents and incidents

Decommissioning