DCS Reference/Ships/Western

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 USS Arleigh Burke IIa (Supercarrier)

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
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).
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

Theodore Roosevelt sub-class (Basic)

CVN-74 John C. Stennis CVN-74 John C. Stennis

Theodore Roosevelt sub-class (Supercarrier)

CVN-71 Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 Theodore Roosevelt (supercarrier)

CVN-72 Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 Abraham Lincoln (supercarrier)

CVN-73 George Washington CVN-73 George Washington (supercarrier)

CVN-75 Harry S. Truman CVN-75 Harry S. Truman (supercarrier)

Oliver Hazard Perry-class Frigate

FFG-46 Rentz Oliver Hazard Perry class

Tarawa-class Amphibious Assault Ship

LHA-1 Tarawa KHA-1 Tarawa

Ticonderoga-class Cruiser

CG-65 Chosin Ticonderoga class