Upham-class aircraft carrier

Upham-class aircraft carrier

ZMS Upham
Class overview
Name:	Upham class
Operators:	Zamastan Navy
Succeeded by:	Hamilton-class
Built:	14 July 1940 - 6 June 1960
In commission:	1 October 1945 – 30 September 1988
Completed:	12
General characteristics
Type:	Aircraft carrier
Displacement:	60,000 tons light 81,000 tons full load
Length:	1,070 ft (326.1 m) overall 990 ft (301.7 m) waterline
Beam:	238 ft (73 m) extreme width 129 ft 4 in (39.42 m) waterline
Draft:	35 ft 9 in (10.90 m)
Propulsion:	8 Steam turbines 280,000 shp (210,000 kW)
Speed:	34 knots (63 km/h)
Complement:	4,378
Armament:	Original armament: 8 × 54 caliber guns Refit armament: 3 × 8 cell missile launcher launchers 3 × 20 mm guns
Aircraft carried:	86-92 aircraft
Aviation facilities:	326 m × 77 m (1,069 ft 7 in × 252 ft 7 in) flight deck

The Upham-class aircraft carriers were 24 aircraft carriers designed and built for the Zamastanian Naval Forces in the 1940s and 50s. It was the first class of supercarriers, combining high tonnage, deck-edge elevators and an angled deck. The first ship was commissioned and launched in 1945, the last decommissioned in 1988. 7 ships were sunk in battle, all during the World War. Of the remaining ships, 12 were scrapped in Anchorhead between 1999 and 2011, while the remaining 5 became museum ships docked in various cities throughout Zamastan.

Ships in class

• ZMS Upham - launched 1945, decommissioned 1981, currently a museum ship in Tofino
• ZMS Collinworth - launched 1945, decommissioned 1988, currently a museum ship in Huntington Park
• ZMS Jordan - launched 1946, sunk in 1950
• ZMS Horne - launched 1946, sunk in 1950
• ZMS Sutton -
• ZMS Middleton - launched 1946, sunk in 1951
• ZMS Harding -
• ZMS Mullins -
• ZMS Peck -
• ZMS Payne - launched 1945, sunk in 1950
• ZMS Barron -
• ZMS Blankenship -
• ZMS Turner -
• ZMS Wheeler -
• ZMS Konnor -
• ZMS Cooke - launched 1947, decommissioned 1988, currently a museum ship in Titania
• ZMS Hayden - launched 1947, sunk in 1951
• ZMS Mckenzie -
• ZMS Nicholson -
• ZMS Frederick -
• ZMS Keenen - launched 1946, sunk in 1950 in the Battle of the Strait of Cranes
• ZMS Calgary - launched 1948, sunk in 1950 in the Battle of the Strait of Cranes
• ZMS Westerly - launched 1948, decommissioned 1978, currently a museum ship in Landeda
• ZMS Clements - launched 1956, decommissioned 1988, currently a museum ship in Providence