KMP Kapena Aukai

KMP Kapena Aukai

KMP Kapena Aukai underway in the Cantalle Ocean, 2005
History
Kalea
Name:	Kapena Aukai
Laid down:	27 December 1964
Launched:	21 May 1967
Commissioned:	29 April 1967
General characteristics
Class and type:	Hamilton-class
Displacement:	61,351 long tons (62,335 t) standard 81,985 long tons (83,301 t) full load
Length:	1,068.9 ft (325.8 m) LOA
Beam:	282 ft (86 m) extreme 130 ft (40 m) waterline
Draft:	38 ft (12 m)
Propulsion:	Geared steam turbines, eight steam boilers, four shafts; 280,000 shp (210 MW)
Speed:	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement:	5,624 officers and men
Armament:	Surface-to-air missiles, 2 RAM, 2 CIWS Automated Anti-Missile/Aircraft Defenses
Aircraft carried:	85 Typical 2000 air wing (70 aircraft): 40 fighter-bombers, 4 combat EW, 4 AEW, 5 helicopters, 1 carrier on-board delivery

The KMP Kapena Aukai, formerly known as the ZMS Thiers, is a Hamilton-class aircraft carrier in service with the Kalean Maritime Patrol. Originally launched in 1967, the then-ZMS Thiers served in the Zamastanian Naval Forces until she was sold to the Kalean government in 1987 and was renamed Kapena Aukai, meaning "Captain of the Seas".