Arceneaux-class aircraft carrier

Arceneaux-class aircraft carrier

NQ Arceneaux underway in 2019
Class overview
Name:	Arceneaux-class aircraft carrier
Builders:	Tournus National Shipbuilding
Operators:	Quebecshire
Preceded by:	Raville-class
Cost:	Program cost: QBC₵37.3 billion (FY2018) Unit cost: QBC₵12.99 billion (FY2018)
In service:	2017–present
Planned:	7
On order:	1
Building:	2
Completed:	1
Active:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Aircraft carrier
Displacement:	~100,000 tons
Length:	332.8 m (1,092 ft)
Beam:	78 m (256 ft) (flight deck) 40.8 m (134 ft) (waterline)
Height:	76.2 metres (250 ft)
Draft:	11.89 m (39.0 ft)
Decks:	25
Installed power:	Two nuclear reactors
Propulsion:	Four shafts
Speed:	In excess of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range:	Unlimited
Endurance:	50-year service life
Complement:	508 officers 3,789 enlisted
Crew:	About 2,600
Sensors and processing systems:	AN/SPY-3 Multi-Function Radar active electronically scanned array Volume Search Radar (VSR) active electronically scanned array
Electronic warfare & decoys:	Electronic warfare system Towed torpedo decoys
Armament:	Surface-to-air missiles: 2 × Mk 29 Guided Missile Launching Systems, 8 × RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) each 2 × Mk 49 Guided Missile Launching Systems, 21 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles each Guns: 3 × Phalanx CIWS 8 × machine guns
Aircraft carried:	75+
Aviation facilities:	332.8 m × 76.8 m (1,092 ft × 252 ft) flight deck

The Arceneaux-class is a class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers currently being constructed for the Grand Navy of Quebecshire, with one ship completed, two more under construction, and a total of seven ships planned to eventually enter service. The new vessels have a hull similar to the Raville-class, but they feature design improvements to increase efficiency and reduce operating costs. The ships additionally carry new technologies such as an electromagnetic aircraft launch system capable of launching carrier-based aircraft with more precision and faster recharge than traditional steam piston systems. The lead ship of her class, NQ Arceneaux, was procured in 2008 and commissioned into service on 3 August 2017. The second ship of the class, NQ Gachet, is scheduled to enter service in 2025.

The class first saw action during the Battle of the Glaceis Ocean, where the NQ Arceneaux participated in a blockade of Morova. On 31 March 2020, the NQ Arceneaux was hit by an anti-ship ballistic missile launched by Morova, killing 34 crewmembers and damaging the ship. After the strike, the NQ Arceneaux continued to launch sorties in support of the anti-Morovan coalition.