EKS Hiroshi Kayos

The EKS Hiroshi Kayos is an aircraft carrier operated by El Kadsre, the Hiroshi Kayos has served with the Royal El Kadsreian Navy since 1981 and has seen service in the Jazila War, and other military conflicts involving El Kadsre.

Development
The EKS Hiroshi Kayos was the first aircraft carrier built by the Vlokozu Union, but it was not the first carrier to be operated by them, the EKS Arito, which was originally the USS Samoan Islands which was a Commencement Bay class aircraft carrier, the ship was sold to the Vlokozu Union in 1972, and served for the union for six years until the ship was sold to India where soon after it sunk at its moorings in 1979, the ship was refloated in 1994 and is now a museum ship and hotel, following the selling of the Arito, the union needed a new aircraft carrier and thus immediately began designing a new aircraft carrier based off of the Royal Navy's Courageous Class carrier.

Construction
The EKS Hiroshi Kayos was laid down on March 30th, 1979, at the Kadsreian Naval Yard in El Kadsre City, the ship throughout construction was visited by multiple politicians to make sure work was proceeding smoothly, the ship was launched on December 23rd, 1980, the launch was watched by Michael Vlokozu and his wife Laverne Vlokozu who the latter would christen the ship the Hiroshi Kayos after the famous leader of the Republic of El Kadsre, who happened to be also at the event, the ship would be fitted out over the next year until it was commissioned on November 11th, 1981, on the 22nd anniversary of the creation of the Vlokozu Union.

Service
The EKS Hiroshi Kayos would be stationed in Makohiro during the 1982 protests in order to assert the power of the Vlokozu Union over the region, in the ensuing economic recession, the Hiroshi Kayos, otherwise known as the Big K, would remain in the Kadsreian Naval Yard for most of the time, due to the rising fuel costs, the ship was kept in port meanwhile the construction of her sister ship, the Kato Ito, named both after the politician and the ill-fated ship, stalled and would not enter service until 1987, the Kayos would see engagement during the Jazila War where it launched aircraft and acted as a mobile command center, the Kayos would be rechristened with EKS following the dissolution of the Vlokozu Union in 1989, the following year.

The Gulf War
When El Kadsre joined the 35-nation coalition during the Gulf War in 1990, the Kayos and the Kato Ito were armed and sent to the Persian Gulf to service Allied aircraft and conduct air and sea operations, on December 12th, 1990, the Kayos was attacked by an Iraqi missile installation, two missiles struck the Kayos and injured 31 people, however with no deaths, both Kayos and Ito would remain in the Gulf until the end of the war in 1991.

War on Terror
The Kayos traveled around the Pacific Ocean for the next twelve years with it receiving its final sister ship, the EKS Kouji Kawaguchi in 2002, the following year in 2003, the Kayos was sent once again to the Middle East during the Iraq War, the ship would be stationed in Kuwait City for the next year and a half where it would fulfill the same role it had during the Gulf War.

2004-Present
Since the War on Terror, the Kayos and its sister ships have not faced combat, in 2010, during a wargame with the United States, Japan, and El Kadsre, the Kayos was sunk by a Japanese submarine named the JS Sōryū, this meant that the entire Kayos class would need upgrades which would last for about seven months. During the 2020 El Kadsreian constitutional crisis, the Kayos was coincidently in southern El Kadsre, this prompted the crew to evacuate from the area to prevent the Kayos from being captured by Topeka.

In popular culture
The Kayos as appeared in multiple films and TV shows.


 * World War Z
 * The New Chronicles: The Journey Begins
 * War of the Worlds (2009) Fills the role of HMS Thunderchild
 * Air Force One (mentioned)
 * McHale's Navy (reboot)
 * The Last Ship (lifeboat with the ship's name discovered)

Battle Honors
The Kayos has three battle honors having served in the Jazila War, the Gulf War, and the War on Terror.