ZMS Gaviria

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ZMS Gaviria docked in Huntington Park
History
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Name: ZMS Gaviria
Namesake: Marvin Gaviria
Ordered: 20 June 2013
Builder: Tridarry Industries
Cost: Z$2.2 billion
Laid down: 11 January 2017
Christened: 3 May 2019
Launched: 29 December 2022
Commissioned: 19 August 2022
Homeport: ZNB Huntington Park
Nickname(s): Kingdom
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 Gaviria is the eighth Talon class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, currently under construction for the Zamastanian Naval Forces. The ship is named after President Marvin Gaviria. She will be launched in December of 2022.

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