Shipbucket

Here is a design for a light aircraft carrier designed to carry the SeaGripen. I originally intended to use the design for my Philippines AU, but after many revisions in the basic design, I think it does not really fit well in that AU's scenario. The design originally started as a 23,000 t STOBAR carrier, but now it is a 32,000 t CATOBAR carrier.

length: 250 m
beam: 54 m
draught: 8.5 m
displacement: 32,000 tons max
propulsion: Integrated Electric Propulsion with 2 RR MT30 gas turbines , 4 diesel generators and 2 electric propulsion motors
speed: 27 knots
range: 7,000 nautical miles
complement: 900
sensors:
Thales Integrated Mast
[list]
Seamaster 400 S-band AESA volume search radar
APAR X-band AESA multifunction radar
Gatekeeper electro-optical surveillance system
[/list]
Thales Tacticos combat management system
communications systems: Integrated Mast SATCOMs and UHF/VHF antennas
armament:
Mk 41 vertical launching system (16 cells) for 64 Evolved Sea Sparrow missiles
3 Phalanx Block IB CIWS
Pintle mounts for M2HB machine guns
aircraft carried: 32 aircraft
[list]
JAS-39M Sea Gripen
EC-1 Matanglawin AEW&C
S-70B Seahawk
[/list]
The Luzon class aircraft carrier is a CATOBAR aircraft carrier intended to replace the older Visayas class aircraft carrier (ex-Centaur Class). The Luzon class has modern features including two electromagnetic catapults, integrated sensor mast, automated munitions handling system and reduced radar and IR signature. The Luzon class embarks an airwing of 20 JAS-39M Sea Gripens, 10 S-70B Seahawks and 2 EC-1 Matanglawin AEW&C aircraft. With a length of 250 meters and a displacement of 32,000 tons, the Luzon class is considered to be in the upper size limit for a light aircraft carrier.