ICN Empress Emily (CVN-1)

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ICN Empress Emily
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ICN Empress Emily (CVN-1) seen in summer 2014.
History
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Name: ICN Empress Emily
Namesake: Empress Emily I, first Empress of the Allied Castarcian States
Ordered: 8 May 2008
Builder: Template:Country data Allied Connurist States Fort Castarcia Shipyards
Cost: $4.8 billion
Laid down: 4 September 2009
Launched: 11 November 2013
Commissioned: 8 May 2014
Homeport: Fort Castarcia Naval Base
Motto: Protect and Avenge
Nickname(s): "Emily"
Status: In active service, as of 2015
General characteristics
Class and type: Conquest-class aircraft carrier
Length: Overall: 340 m (1,115 ft)
Beam: Overall: 78.4 m (257 ft)
Draft: 12 m
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2 × Imperial class nuclear reactors
4 × shafts
Speed: 30 knots (55.5 km/h; 34.5 mph)
Range: Unlimited
Complement: list error: <br /> list (help)
Ship's company: 4,368
Air wing: 2,470
Armament:
  • Seaguard 25mm Autocannon
  • 'Protector' CIWS
  • HMG-8 Machine Guns
  • 'Starstreak' SAM VLS
  • Torpedo Tubes
  • Anti Torpedo Decoy Explosives
Aircraft carried: 90 fixed wing and helicopters

ICN Empress Emily (CVN-1) is a Conquest-class aircraft carrier in service with the Imperial Castarcian Navy. The lead ship of her class, she is named for the first Empress of the Allied Castarcian States (Empress Emily I) and serves as the flagship of the Imperial Castarcian Navy. She also serves as the lead ship of Carrier Battle Group Alpha.

History

ICN Empress Emily was constructed by Fort Castarcia Shipyards in Fort Castarcia. She was launched on 11 November 2013 alongside her sister ship, ICN Femme Fatale. The vessel is yet to see combat.

Design

Carrier air wing

Empress Emily can accommodate a maximum of 90 multirole fighter aircraft, however this is normally relegated to 75-80 to allow for other aircraft to be fielded such as early airborne warning aircraft and helicopters. She is well equipped with 'Starstreak' SAM launchers and multiple CIWS turrets.

Her sensors, processing systems and electronic warfare capabilities are not made public knowledge by the Imperial Castarcian Navy.