Hammerhead Class Light Aircraft Carrier
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| Class Overview | |
| Class type: | Light Aircraft Carrier |
| Class name: | Hammerhead Class Light Aircraft Carrier (CV-7) |
| Designed by: | Phoenix Dynamix |
| Specifications | |
| Displacement: | 85,000 tons |
| Length: | 1,000ft |
| Width: | 200ft |
| Beam: | 125ft |
| Crew: | 5,350 Total -2,500 Crew -2,000 Air Wing |
| Powerplant(s): | -7x Diesel-Electric Generator |
| Propulsion: | -3x Submersible Turbines -2x Rudder |
| Max Speed: | 35 knots |
| Armament: | - 3x 30mm CIWS Turrets - 2x 56mm or 40mm AAA cannon - 12x Anti-ship missile HLS cells - 2x Quad Advanced Sea Sparrow SAM Missile Launcher - 2x ASROC/Depth Charge Launcher - 2x crew served 25mm chainguns w/ Penguin anti-ship and stinger anti-aircraft missile mounts |
| Armor: | Composite |
| Aircraft: | 75 |
| Catapults: | 2x Maglev Catapult System |
| Elevators: | 2x electromagnetic medium capacity, high speed lift |
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Hammerhead Class Light Aircraft Carrier
The Hammerhead class, CV-7, light aircraft carrier was designed by Phoenix Dynamix for small nations or as a supplement to larger carriers. Surprisingly it is not nuclear powered, which keeps the cost down. The Hammerhead Class features a full weapons suite, enabling it to deal with up frigate size craft on its own without using its 75 aircraft. The CV-7 features medium level armor around the torpedo belt and additional armor on the flight deck and superstructure, increasing survivability in combat and reducing the chance of being sunk. It has a low tower design which gives the flight deck comparatively flat topped appearance.
Aircraft Capacity
The Hammerhead can hold up to 75 fixed wing aircraft or helicopters. There are a number small maintenance bays and one large maintenance/storage area beneath the flight deck for easy access.
Catapults
Three scaled down Maglev catapults were designed for the hammerhead. The catapults were based Phoenix Class' but use less power, and require about 10 more feet to be 100% effective. This was made up for by moving the starting point further toward the rear of the ship.
Elevators
Two large elevators, working on an electromagnetic principle similar to the maglev catapults , were specially designed for the class. They can rapidly move aircraft on to and off of the main flight deck and into the large maintenance/storage bay.
Weapons
- (2) Advanced Sea Sparrow quad missile launchers
- (1) PD-XBV-THEL-N Anti-Missile Laser*this option was not included in export versions
- (3) Phalanx CIWS 30mm guns w/ 1 FIM-92 Stinger Quad Missiles launcher on each( stingers eventually removed in favor of RAM launchers)
- (2) 40mm AAA(or 56mm)
- (2) 25mm chaingun mini turrets w/ 2 Penguin Anti-Ship missiles and 2 Stingers(or SA-29) on each
- (2) Depth charge/ASROC launchers (fore and aft)
Combat Systems
- SPS-48E 3-D air search radar
- SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search radar
- SPS-67
- 3 Mk91 Fire Control Computer
- AN/SLQ-32(V)4 active jamming/deception
- AN/WLR-1H ESM
- WLR-11 ESM
International Operators
The following nations operate Hammerhead Class Light Aircraft Carriers.
- The Phoenix Milita - more than 10
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