Fordo Class Carrier
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| File:Fordo Class Carrier.jpg Fordo Class Carrier
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Fordo Class Aircraft Carrier |
| Builders: | Gaeges Imperial Aquanautics |
| Operators: | Imperial Huvakian Navy |
| Cost: | 3 Billion |
| Building: | 1 |
| Completed: | 1 |
| Active: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Nuclear Aircraft Carrier |
| Displacement: | 104,600 tons standard |
| Length: | 317 m (1,040 ft) |
| Beam: | 57.5 m (252 ft) |
| Installed power: | 4 shafts, 4 x steam turbines, 8 x 2-drum boilers (172,000 bhp / 128MW) |
| Speed: | 32 knots |
| Range: | Unlimited at 20kn |
| Complement: | 710 |
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| Armour: | 76 mm plating around reactor compartment, light splinter protection |
| Aircraft carried: | |
The Fordo Class aircraft carrier is the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier in Huvakian service. Seen as a necessity in maintain global relevance the lead ship of the class, the Fordo is the largest vessel in the Imperial Navy and one of the largest warships in the world. Capable of fielding 80 aircraft anywhere in the world the Fordo is considered to be the pride of the Imperial fleet. Three elctromagnetic launch catapaults allow the Fordo Class to rapidly launch entire squadrons. The Fordo represents the culmination of years of hard work. The Fordo project is suspected of derailing the Thor Class Modernization project as vital funding was diverted towards realizing the Fordo sooner.