Sea Control Ship

	Artist conception (1972)
Class overview
Name	Sea Control Ship (SCS)
Builders	Never built
Operators	United States Navy
Cost	$100 Million USD 1973 dollars (est.) $626 Million USD 2022 dollars (est.)
Planned	8
General characteristics
Type	ASW carrier
Displacement	9,773 tons (light); 13,736 tons (full load);
Length	620 ft (190 m)
Beam	80 ft (24 m)
Draft	21.62 ft (6.59 m)
Propulsion	2 × General Electric LM2500+ gas turbines, one shaft, 45,000 shp; 3 × 2500 kW ship service generators (SSG);
Speed	26 knots (48 km/h); 24 knots (44 km/h) (sustained);
Complement	76 officers; 624 enlisted;
Armament	2 x 20-mm Phalanx CIWS mounts
Aircraft carried	3 × AV-8A Harrier VTOL; 3 × SH-2 Seasprite LAMPS I; 14 × SH-3 Sea King;
Aviation facilities	Flight deck: 545 ft × 105 ft (166 m × 32 m); Enclosed hangar: 19 ft (5.8 m) high; Aircraft elevators: 60,000 lb. (27.2 mt) lift capacity; Centerline: 60 ft × 30 ft (18.3 m × 9.1 m); Stern: 35 ft × 50 ft (11 m × 15 m); JP-5 fuel capacity: 950 tons (861.8 mt); Aviation ordance: 180 tons (163 mt);

The Sea Control Ship (SCS) was a small aircraft carrier developed and conceptualized by the United States Navy under Chief of Naval Operations Elmo Zumwalt during the 1970s. Currently the term refers to naval vessels that can perform similar duties. The SCS was intended as an escort vessel, providing air support for convoys. It was canceled after budgetary cuts to the US Navy.

The SCS was to be equipped with a mix of Rockwell XFV-12 fighter aircraft and anti-submarine warfare helicopters. It was tasked with carrying out anti-submarine warfare operations.