| HTMS Chakri Naruebet underway in the South China Sea in early 2001 | |
| Career (Thailand) |  |
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| Name: | HTMS Chakri Naruebet |
| Namesake: | "In honour of the Chakri Dynasty" |
| Ordered: | 27 March 1992 |
| Builder: | Bazán, Ferrol, Spain |
| Cost: | US$336 million |
| Laid down: | 12 July 1994 |
| Launched: | 20 January 1996 |
| Commissioned: | 27 March 1997 |
| Homeport: | Sattahip |
| Motto: | Rule The Sky, Rule The Sea, Chakri Naruebet. (ครองเวหา ครองนที จักรีนฤเบศร) |
| Status: | Operational as of 2012 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type: | V/STOL carrier |
| Displacement: | 11,486 tons full load |
| Length: | 182.65 m (599.2 ft) (overall) 174.1 m (571 ft) (flight deck) 164.1 metres (538 ft) (between perpendiculars) |
| Beam: | 22.5 m (74 ft) (waterline) 30.5 m (100 ft) maximum |
| Draught: | 6.12 m (20.1 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x GE LM2500 gas turbines providing 22,125 shp (16,499 kW) 2 x Bazán-MTU 16V1163 TB83 diesel engines providing 5,600 bhp (4,200 kW) 2 x shafts with 5-bladed propellers |
| Speed: | 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph) (maximum) 17.2 knots (31.9 km/h; 19.8 mph) (cruising) |
| Range: | 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) 7,150 nautical miles (13,240 km; 8,230 mi) at 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Troops: | Up to 675 soldiers |
| Complement: | 62 officers 393 sailors 146 aircrew |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Hughes SPS-52C air search radar, E/F band 2 x Kelvin-Hughes 1007 navigational radars |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
Decoys: 4 x SRBOC decoy launchers SLQ-32 towed decoy |
| Armament: | 2 x 0.5-inch machine guns 3 x sextuple Sadral launchers for Mistral surface-to-air missiles |
| Aircraft carried: | 6 AV-8S Matadors (retired 2006) 4-6 S-70B Seahawk helicopters Up to 14 additional helicopters when required |
| Aviation facilities: | 174.6-by-27.5-metre (573 by 90 ft) flight deck 12° ski-jump Hangar space for 10 aircraft |
| Notes: | Equipment fitted for but not with is listed in the article |