ZMS Belisarius

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ZMS Belisarius in 2011
History
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Name: ZMS Belisarius
Namesake: Quintus Belisarius
Ordered: 3 May 2004
Builder: Tridarry Industries
Cost: Z$2.2 billion
Laid down: 1 January 2005
Christened: 3 May 2009
Launched: 19 August 2009
Commissioned: 11 October 2009
Homeport: ZNB Titania
Nickname(s): Negotiator
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:
  • 2 × Bell A4W nuclear reactors (HEU 93.5%)
  • 4 × steam turbines
  • 4 × shafts
  • 260,000 shp (194 MW)
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:
  • 2 × Mk29 ESSM launcher
  • 2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
  • 3 × Kesey CIWS
Armor: 2.5 in (64 mm) Kevlar over vital spaces
Aircraft carried: 90 fixed wing and helicopters

ZMS Belisarius is the sixth of seven Talon class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in active service within the Zamastanian Naval Forces. She was launched and commissioned in 2009. It is the flagship of the 6th Fleet, which primarily operates in the southern Samson Ocean. The ship's home port is ZNB Holish Islands, but it alternates to mainland docking every three years. The ship was named after President Quintus Belisarius.

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