Flugzeugträger D Aircraft Carrier (Plan Z Fourth Carrier)
Fourth Plan Z Carrier - Barely Planned! - 0 boats: FLUGZEUGTRÄGER D - Final carrier in Plan Z 4-carrier fleet! Similar to Flugzeugträger C: 35,000 tons, 34 kts, 45 aircraft, 16× 15cm guns dual-purpose design. Plan Z envisioned complete carrier fleet (Graf Zeppelin, Peter Strasser, C, D) supporting surface fleet with H-class battleships. Strategic concept: carrier groups for Atlantic/North Sea operations, convoy interdiction, fleet support. Never reached detailed planning beyond concept. Peter Strasser scrapping (February 28, 1940) ended entire Graf Zeppelin-class program. Plan Z collapsed with WWII outbreak - strategic priorities shifted to U-boats and land forces. Flugzeugträger C and D never started construction. NEVER BUILT - barely planned beyond basic concept.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 33550 t
- Displacement (full)
- 35000 (estimated) t
- Length
- 861.2 ft
- Beam
- 118.8 ft
- Crew
- 1800 (estimated)
- Ships built
- 0 (never started)
- Commissioned
- Never
- Decommissioned
- N/A
Performance
- Top speed
- 33.8 kn
- Range
- 8000 nm at 19 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 16× 15cm SK C/28 guns
- Secondary guns
- 12× 10.5cm SK C/33 AA guns
- Torpedoes
- None
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 60-100mm
- Deck
- 60mm flight deck
In-Game
- Tier
- T3
- Game power
- 40.13
- Research cost
- 7,946
- Credit cost
- 28,091
Notable
- FOURTH PLAN Z CARRIER! (final carrier in Plan Z fleet)
- 4-carrier fleet goal (never realized!)
- Similar specifications to Flugzeugträger C
- 45 aircraft capacity
- Dual-purpose design (16× 15cm guns)
- Carrier group operations concept (strategic doctrine)
- Atlantic/North Sea operations (planned role)
- Support for H-class battleships (Plan Z synergy)
- Convoy interdiction mission (Atlantic warfare)
- Never reached detailed planning stage
- Peter Strasser scrapping (Feb 1940) ended entire program
- Plan Z collapsed with WWII strategic priorities
- U-boat priority eliminated carrier development
- NEVER BUILT! (never started, barely planned)