The Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carriers are a trio of supercarriers that served in the American People's Navy from the early 1960s to the early 2010s. They were an incremental improvement on the Grear-class aircraft carriers. Three vessels were built, all in the 1960s, APNS Kitty Hawk (1961-2004), APNS New England (1961-2009), and APNS Saratoga (1962-2012). All are now decommissioned.
- The Kitty Hawk-class is a stretched version of the Kitty Hawk class of OTL.
Specifications[]
- Type: Supercarrier
- Service Period: 1961-2012
- Characteristics:
- Length (Overall): 1,088 feet (331.62 meters)
- Length (Waterline): 990 feet (301.75 meters)
- Beam (Extreme): 282 feet (85.95 meters)
- Beam (Waterline): 130 feet (39.62 meters)
- Draft: 39 feet (11.89 meters)
- Displacement: 61,502 tons (Standard); 82,700 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 5,630
- Propulsion: 8 x boilers, 4 x steam turbines, 4 x shafts, 280,000 shp
- Speed: 34 knots (62.97 meters)
- Sensor Suite:
- AN/SPS-48E 3D Air Search Radar
- AN/SPS-49(V)5 2D Air Search Radar
- Mk.23 Target Acquisition Radar
- AN/SPN-46 Air Traffic Control Radar x 2
- AN/SPN-43A/C Air Traffic Control Radar
- AN/SPN-41 Landing Aid Radar
- Mk.93 Sea Sparrow Guidance System x 4
- Mk.95 Radar x 4
- Countermeasures:
- AN/SLQ-25A Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures Suite
- AN/SLQ-32(V)4 Electronic Suite
- Mk.36 SBROC
- Armament:
- 3 x 8-cell Mk.29 missile launchers (fires RIM-7 Sea Sparrow SAMs)
- 4 x 20mm CIWS
- 2 x 21-cell Mk.49 Rolling Airframe Missile Launchers
- Aircraft Carried: 80-90 fixed wing aircraft and helicopters
- Aviation Facilities: 306,816 square foot flight deck, 4 x steam catapults, 4 x elevators, 4 x arrestor cables, hangar
Unit Run[]
- APNS Kitty Hawk (CV-62)
- APNS New England (CV-63)
- APNS Saratoga (CV-64)