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DCS Reference: Ships, Western

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Many carrier aircraft have somewhat contradictory definitions, or definitions of unclear value, as far as their carrying capacity. They may list only having 4 parking spots and a max number of aircraft or helicopters, in one sense, but then have coordinates set for over a dozen different parking spots on the deck. The blocks below distinguish between these two by calling them “nominal” and “defined” limits, where the nominal parking limit at most seems to correlate to how many different aircraft can be designated as “start on runway” in the mission editor.

Ships

Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer

DDG-112 Michael Murphy[1] USS Arleigh Burke IIa (Supercarrier) RWR-AE.pngPO1-Long.png

Nimitz-class Carrier

Nimitz subclass

CVN-70 Carl Vinson
Unit Function Stores Range / Symbol
CVN-70 Carl Vinson Carrier 3× 8× RIM-7 Sea Sparrow
4× 1550× 20mm Phalanx
Detection: 0–16.2nm / 0–30km
Detection alt.: 0–87,200ft / 0–26,600m
RWR-SS.pngPO1-Short.png
Sensor limits Surface radar: 360° horizontal × -5°–+10° vertical; 12s scan time.
SS lock-on: 21.1nm / 39km. Notch: <15m/s (29kts, 54km/h) vrad.
AA Radar: 360° horizontal × -15°–+60° vertical; 1s scan.
AA lock-on: 13.8nm / 25.5km. Notch: <10m/s (19kts, 36km/h) vrad.
Air weapon detection limit: 8.1nm / 15km (no size limit defined).
Defensive systems main firing arcs.
Carrying capacity 13 defined aircraft parking spots.
5 defined helicopter parking spots
2+2 catapults (1+1 can be used safely in parallel).
4 nominal spawn points.
72 aircraft + 6 helicopter nominal capacity.
Notes
Acts as a warehouse to deliver stores to other units and to landed aircraft. Per the internal definitions, it cannot re-arm its own weapon stores once depleted.
Available to
Combined Joint Task Force Blue, but only with historical units turned off Combined Joint Task Force Red, but only with historical units turned off United Nations Peacekeepers, but only with historical units turned off USA, from 1982 USAF Aggressors, but only with historical units turned off

Theodore Roosevelt sub-class (Basic)

CVN-74 John C. Stennis CVN-74 John C. Stennis RWR-SS.pngPO1-Short.png

Theodore Roosevelt sub-class (Supercarrier)

CVN-71 Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 Theodore Roosevelt (supercarrier) RWR-SS.pngPO1-Short.png

CVN-72 Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 Abraham Lincoln (supercarrier) RWR-SS.pngPO1-Short.png

CVN-73 George Washington CVN-73 George Washington (supercarrier) RWR-SS.pngPO1-Short.png

CVN-75 Harry S. Truman CVN-75 Harry S. Truman (supercarrier) RWR-SS.pngPO1-Short.png

Oliver Hazard Perry-class Frigate

FFG-46 Rentz Oliver Hazard Perry class RWR-49.pngPO1-Long.png

Tarawa-class Amphibious Assault Ship

LHA-1 Tarawa KHA-1 Tarawa RWR-40.pngPO1-Short.png

Ticonderoga-class Cruiser

CG-65 Chosin Ticonderoga class RWR-AE.pngPO1-Long.png

Systems

Phalanx CIWS

RIM-7 Sea Sparrow

RIM-66 Standard Missile 2

RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile

Notes

  1. Hull number 112 is supposed to be a single-CIWS variant, but the model in DCS features both a fore and an aft CIWS system.