Abidel-class Aircraft Carrier
| Abidel-class Supercarrier | |
|---|---|
| Class type: | Aircraft carrier |
| Class name: | Abidel-class Super Aircraft Carrier (SCVN-1) |
| Designed by: | AMI Industries |
| Specifications (SCVN-1) | |
| Displacement: | 290,680 tons |
| Length: | 4,200 feet |
| Beam: | 439 feet |
| Draught: | 52 feet |
| Crew: | 9,470 -70 Officers -9,000 Enlisted -400 Marines |
| Powerplant(s): | -5x David & David AC-1-T Nuclear Reactors -10x Back Up Fuel Cells |
| Propulsion: | -4x Controllable-Reversible Pitch Propeller -2x Rudder -2x Bow Thruster |
| Armament: | -8 5-Inch Naval Guns -4 RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile Launchers -10 ACIWS Advanced 35mm CIWS |
| Armor: | Titanium Composite Armor |
| Aircraft: | -200 F/A-103 Sea Stanza -100 CBF-113 Sea Spectre -75 HH-65F Dolphin -75 F/B-150C/E Sea Lightning -40 NH-25 Sea Lion -2 NH-84 Seagull -25 NH-450 Sea Winner -15 NAH-2 Sea Cardinal -10 B-3B Sea Droppers |
History
The first two ships were laid down in 2001 and completed in 2007. The ships formed a new class of supercarriers, the Abidel-class, named after the then Commandant of the Navy Josef T. Abidel.
The ships were built with prefabricated parts, but due to the massive size of the ship, construction was delayed by more than two years. Since funding was nearly limitless, the ships went ahead.
When the first was completed and the sea trials were conducted, the ship failed miserably, thus requiring another year to revise the ship and fix the other, still being constructed.
When finally revised, the two began sea trials, and passed. The ships were fitted for more equipment, and finally finished in early 2007.
Aircraft Compliment
The ships are designed to carry a massive amount of aircraft, not unlike the Adobe-class supercarrer built before. The massive amount of aircraft is attributed to the sudden influx of naval equipment; speciffically aircraft.
The vessel carries over five hundred aircraft.
Armament
The ships carry chaff and flare launchers, thus ensuring safety, and also carry several ACIWS systems.
In addition to the chaff launchers, flare launchers, and ACIWS systems, the ship carries eight five-inch guns to aid in the anti-aircraft role, freeing up aircraft for combat missions. There is also a RIM-116 system keeping a constant net of security around the ship.
Combat Systems
The ship carries the finest, but most highly-kept secret fire-control, over-the-horizon RADAR, LIDAR, SONAR, and other combat systems.
