ACZ Ezcuahuitl

ACZ Ezcuahuitl

ACZ Ezcuahuitl prior to its conversion.
History
Zacapican
Name:	ACZ Ezcuahuitl
Namesake:	Ezcuahuitl tree
Builder:	Tecolotlan Acalquetztia Makrianyotl
Laid down:	1 November 1919
Launched:	19 November 1922
Notes:	Converted from seaplane carrier to light aircraft carrier 13 February 1927–1 September 1927
Recommissioned:	8 September 1927
Reclassified:	Light aircraft carrier 28 August 1927
Reinstated:	30 January 1928
Fate:	Converted into a museum ship in 1953
General characteristics
Class and type:	Ezcuahuitl-class aircraft carrier
Displacement:	11,200 long tons (11,400 t) (standard) 15,300 long tons (15,500 t) (full load)
Length:	193 m (633 ft 2 in)
Beam:	21 m (68 ft 11 in)
Draft:	7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Installed power:	56,000 shp (42,000 kW)
Propulsion:	2 × steam turbines 2 × shafts
Speed:	28.9 kn (53.5 km/h; 33.3 mph)
Complement:	950
Armament:	Seaplane Carrier: 4 × 12.7 cm naval guns 12 × 25 mm AA guns Aircraft carrier 8 × 12.7 cm naval gun 34 × 25 mm AA guns
Aircraft carried:	Seaplane Carrier 24 × floatplanes Aircraft Carrier: 30 × aircraft
Aviation facilities:	Seaplane Tender: 4 × catapults Aircraft Carrier: 2 × elevators

ACZ Ezcuahuitl is a warship of the Zacapine Navy which was commissioned in 1919 as a seaplane carrier and converted in 1927 into a light aircraft carrier. It served as the flagship of the Vespanian Fleet and the overall Zacapine Navy from its initial commissioning to its retirement in 1953. The Ezcuahuitl is now preserved as a museum ship associated with the Angatahuaca Maritime Museum in the harbor district of Angatahuaca, Aztaco.