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Aircraft carrier

Essex

Old aircraft carrier · Essex Class Carrier 1944

Aircraft carrier. It has no air-defence missile, only guns. It sees aircraft from 13 nm. It carries 90 aircraft.

Distance from the ship
DetectionSREssex Class Carrier 1944
13 nm
Editor ringSUPMission Editor
8.1 nm
0481115 nm

Editor ring is the threat circle the Mission Editor draws. DCS sets it by hand, so it can fall short of the missiles or reach past them.

Bofors 40mm quad · Anti-air gun
Mounts
17
Rounds
15300
Range
2.7 nm
Max altitude
13,100 ft
MK12 127mm single · Main gun
Mounts
4
Rounds
3520
Range
8.1 nm
Max altitude
32,800 ft
MK12 127mm twin · Main gun
Mounts
4
Rounds
3520
Range
8.1 nm
Max altitude
32,800 ft
Oerlikon 20mm double · Anti-air gun
Mounts
20
Rounds
9600
Range
1.3 nm
Max altitude
6,600 ft
Oerlikon 20mm single · Anti-air gun
Mounts
50
Rounds
24000
Range
1.3 nm
Max altitude
6,600 ft
Flight deck
Aircraft
90
Helicopters
1
Arresting wires
15
TACAN
Yes
ICLS
Yes
Landing lights
No
Hull
Top speed
33 kt
Length
275 m
Beam
35 m
Draft
11 m
Displacement
47,120 t
Radar cross-section
1,500,000 m²
Hit points
5300

DCS 2.9.30.28718 · datamine 2.9.30.28718_2026-10-07T161222 · DCS model values, not real-world performance

In DCS for 5 countries: Combined Joint Task Forces Blue, Combined Joint Task Forces Red, USA, USAF Aggressors, United Nations Peacekeepers.