ZMS Kordia

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ZMS Kordia in March 2022
History
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Name: ZMS Kordia
Namesake: Tyler Kordia
Ordered: 1 January 1982
Builder: Tridarry Industries
Cost: Z$2.2 billion
Laid down: 17 July 1982
Christened: 30 December 1983
Launched: 5 March 1984
Commissioned: 11 June 1984
Homeport: ZNB Jade Harbor
Nickname(s): Foundation
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 Kordia is the second of seven Talon class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in active service within the Zamastanian Naval Forces. She was launched and commissioned in 1984. It is the flagship of the 2nd Fleet, which primarily operates in Adula-Nortua Divide and the Sotoa Sea. The ship's home port is ZNB White Rock. The ship was named after President Tyler Kordia, who was a naval officer during the Elkjop War.

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