ZMS Daniels
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.jpg) ZMS Daniels underway in the southern Cantalle Ocean, September 2024
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| Name: | ZMS Daniels |
| Namesake: | Elijah Daniels |
| Ordered: | 20 June 2019 |
| Builder: | Tridarry Industries |
| Cost: | Z$2.2 billion |
| Laid down: | 11 January 2020 |
| Christened: | 13 August 2022 |
| Launched: | 5 September 2024 |
| Homeport: | ZNB Landeda |
| Nickname(s): | Horizon |
| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Talon-class aircraft carrier |
| Displacement: | 102,000 long tons (114,000 short tons) |
| Length: |
Overall: 1,092 feet (332.8 m) Waterline: 1,040 feet (317.0 m) |
| Beam: |
Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m) Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m) |
| Draft: |
Maximum navigational: 37 feet (11.3 m) Limit: 41 feet (12.5 m) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 30+ knots (56+ km/h; 35+ mph) |
| Range: | Unlimited distance; 20–25 years |
| Complement: |
Ship's company: 3,532 Air wing: 2,480 |
| Armament: |
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| Armor: | 2.5 in (64 mm) Kevlar over vital spaces |
| Aircraft carried: | 90 fixed wing and helicopters |
ZMS Daniels is the latest of ten Talon class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, currently under construction for the Zamastanian Naval Forces. The ship is named after President Elijah Daniels. She was scheduled to be launched in early 2023, but cost overruns and delays pushed her launch to September 2024.