ZMS Cousteau

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ZMS Cousteau
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ZMS Cousteau leaving Aurelia for transit through Titania Bay in 1979
History
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Name: Cousteau
Laid down: 27 December 1959
Launched: 21 May 1961
Commissioned: 29 April 1961
Decommissioned: 12 May 1982
Fate: Scrapped in 2000
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 ZMS Cousteau was a Hamilton-class aircraft carrier which served in the Zamastanian Naval Forces from 1961 until her decommissioning in 1982. She was scrapped in Anchorhead in 2000.

History

Construction and commissioning

Service

Decommissioning

Purchasing and museum plans

Scrapping