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
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.

Ships in class

• ZMS Hamilton -