Sea-Control-Ship-SCS
Cancelled Mini-Carrier - Sea Control Ship was 1970s proposal for small, affordable helicopter/VSTOL carriers. 17,000 tons, 14 helicopters + 3 Harriers. Part of Admiral Zumwalt's "High-Low" fleet concept. $100-130 million each. Cancelled 1975 by Congress in favor of Nimitz supercarriers. Design sold to Spain and Thailand.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 9773 t
- Displacement (full)
- 17000 t
- Length
- 623.4 ft
- Beam
- 78.7 ft
- Crew
- 705 (80 officers, 625 enlisted)
- Ships built
- 0 (cancelled)
- Commissioned
- Never
- Decommissioned
- Cancelled 1975
Performance
- Top speed
- 26 kn
- Range
- 13000 nm at 20 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- None (aircraft carrier)
- Secondary guns
- None
- Torpedoes
- None
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- Classified
In-Game
- Tier
- T4
- Game power
- 60.68
- Research cost
- 21,359
- Credit cost
- 42,476
Notable
- "High-Low" mix carrier concept
- Mini-carrier for convoy protection
- VSTOL + helicopter mix
- Cancelled - Congress chose supercarriers
- Design sold to Spain (Principe de Asturias)