ZMS Griffiths

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ZMS Griffiths in January 2019
History
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Name: ZMS Griffiths
Namesake: Alistair Griffiths
Ordered: 26 January 1978
Builder: Tridarry Industries
Cost: Z$6.2 billion
Laid down: 6 September 1979
Christened: 7 October 1981
Launched: 9 October 1981
Commissioned: 10 December 1981
Homeport: ZNB Jade Harbor
Nickname(s): Annex
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 Griffiths is the leadship of the seven Talon class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in active service within the Zamastanian Naval Forces. One of the largest warships in the world, she was laid down in 1979, launched and commissioned in 1981 as part of a fleet-wide realignment that year. It is the flagship of the 1st Fleet, which primarily operates in the Olympic Ocean, along West Euronia, East Nortua, and Northeast Adula. The ship's home port is ZNB Jade Harbor.

The ship was named after President Alistair Griffiths, who was a naval officer during and after the Parabocan War and was instrumental in expanding the Zamastanian Navy during his presidency. The ship's common nickname and callsign within the navy is Annex, a reference to President Griffiths' annexation of Gangkou following the Yellow Flag Rebellion.

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