Ayutthaya Chakri Naruebet V/STOL Aircarft Carrier
Chakri Naruebet commissioned into the Royal Ayutthaya Navy in 1998. Based on the Spanish Navy's Principe de Asturias Cost=US$336 million. Ayutthaya bought 16 AV-8B Harrier Plus in 2000. A half of squadron deployed on U-Tapao Airport for trainning the V/STOL Aircraft pilots. Chakri Naruebet was intended for patrols and force projection in Ayutthaya waters
Type: V/STOL carrier
Displacement: 11,486 tons full load
Length: 182.65 m (599.2 ft) (overall)
174.1 m (571 ft) (flight deck)
164.1 metres (538 ft) (between perpendiculars)
Beam: 22.5 m (74 ft) (waterline)
30.5 m (100 ft) maximum
Draught: 6.12 m (20.1 ft)
Propulsion: 2 x GE LM2500 gas turbines providing 22,125 shp (16,499 kW)
2 x Bazán-MTU 16V1163 TB83 diesel engines providing 5,600 bhp (4,200 kW)
2 x shafts with 5-bladed propellers
Speed: 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph) (maximum)
17.2 knots (31.9 km/h; 19.8 mph) (cruising)
Range: 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
7,150 nautical miles (13,240 km; 8,230 mi) at 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Troops: Up to 675 soldiers
Complement: 62 officers
393 sailors
146 aircrew
Sensors and processing systems:
1xRaytheon AN/SPS-49 search and long-range surveillance radar
2xKelvin Hughes SharpEye X-band navigational radars (in 2013 replace Kelvin-Hughes 1007 navigational radars)
1xKelvin Hughes SharpEye S-band navigational radar (in 2013 replace Kelvin-Hughes 1006 navigational radars)
Electronic warfare & decoys:
4xSCLAR Decoy Launcher
2xSLAT anti torpedo system(WASS C310) (2012)
SLR-4 ESM system
2xELT NETTUNO-4100 ECM System (2004)
Communication systems:
Thales Tacticos combat management system
UHF antennas
Link11 antennas
Link16 antennas (2011)
4xSatcoms
Armament:
4xM2HB machine guns
4xTyphoon 25 mm remote guns (2006)
4xsextuple Sadral launchers for Mistral surface-to-air missiles (2001)
Aircraft carried:
6-8 AV-8B Harrier Plus (Maximum 12)
2-4 SH-2F Sea sprite(Replace with S-70B Seahawk in 2015)
2 MH-60S Knighthawk
Up to 14 additional helicopters when required
Aviation facilities: 174.6-by-27.5-metre (573 by 90 ft) flight deck
12° ski-jump
Hangar space for 10 aircraft
special thanks to MihoshiK for the SPS-49