Advertisement
Not a member of Pastebin yet?
Sign Up,
it unlocks many cool features!
- USS [insert name here], American 80,000 Ton Battleship, Scheme IV-2 laid down 1950
- Displacement:
- 93,634 t light; 99,419 t standard; 102,162 t normal; 104,356 t full load
- Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
- (998.00 ft / 975.00 ft) x 148.00 ft (Bulges 160.20 ft) x (32.75 / 33.41 ft)
- (304.19 m / 297.18 m) x 45.11 m (Bulges 48.83 m) x (9.98 / 10.18 m)
- Armament:
- 15 - 18.00" / 457 mm 50.0 cal guns - 3,850.00lbs / 1,746.33kg shells, 100 per gun
- Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1950 Model
- 5 x 3-gun mounts on centreline ends, majority aft
- 2 raised mounts - superfiring
- 24 - 5.00" / 127 mm 38.0 cal guns - 55.29lbs / 25.08kg shells, 500 per gun
- Dual purpose guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1950 Model
- 12 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
- 6 raised mounts
- 56 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm 56.3 cal guns - 1.96lbs / 0.89kg shells, 2,000 per gun
- Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1950 Model
- 14 x Quad mounts on sides, evenly spread
- 6 raised mounts
- 80 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm 70.0 cal guns - 0.26lbs / 0.12kg shells, 3,600 per gun
- Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1950 Model
- 20 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
- 10 raised mounts
- 40 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
- Weight of broadside 59,208 lbs / 26,856 kg
- Armour:
- - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
- Main: 16.0" / 406 mm 448.49 ft / 136.70 m 14.60 ft / 4.45 m
- Ends: 2.00" / 51 mm 526.48 ft / 160.47 m 14.60 ft / 4.45 m
- Upper: 5.00" / 127 mm 448.49 ft / 136.70 m 8.01 ft / 2.44 m
- Main Belt covers 71 % of normal length
- - Torpedo Bulkhead - Additional damage containing bulkheads:
- 5.50" / 140 mm 448.49 ft / 136.70 m 31.86 ft / 9.71 m
- Beam between torpedo bulkheads 140.00 ft / 42.67 m
- - Hull Bulges:
- 8.00" / 203 mm 675.00 ft / 205.74 m 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
- Main: 21.0" / 533 mm 11.0" / 279 mm 18.0" / 457 mm
- 2nd: 3.00" / 76 mm 2.00" / 51 mm 3.00" / 76 mm
- 3rd: 0.50" / 13 mm - -
- - Armoured deck - multiple decks:
- For and Aft decks: 6.00" / 152 mm
- Forecastle: 2.00" / 51 mm Quarter deck: 2.00" / 51 mm
- - Conning towers: Forward 18.00" / 457 mm, Aft 18.00" / 457 mm
- Machinery:
- Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
- Electric motors, 4 shafts, 160,004 shp / 119,363 Kw = 26.16 kts
- Range 12,000nm at 10.00 kts
- Bunker at max displacement = 4,937 tons
- Complement:
- 2,856 - 3,714
- Cost:
- £68.290 million / $273.161 million
- Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
- Armament: 9,975 tons, 9.8 %
- - Guns: 9,975 tons, 9.8 %
- Armour: 37,347 tons, 36.6 %
- - Belts: 6,430 tons, 6.3 %
- - Torpedo bulkhead: 2,908 tons, 2.8 %
- - Bulges: 4,995 tons, 4.9 %
- - Armament: 11,311 tons, 11.1 %
- - Armour Deck: 10,008 tons, 9.8 %
- - Conning Towers: 1,695 tons, 1.7 %
- Machinery: 3,828 tons, 3.7 %
- Hull, fittings & equipment: 42,189 tons, 41.3 %
- Fuel, ammunition & stores: 8,528 tons, 8.3 %
- Miscellaneous weights: 295 tons, 0.3 %
- - Hull above water: 30 tons
- - Above deck: 265 tons
- Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
- Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
- 206,786 lbs / 93,796 Kg = 70.9 x 18.0 " / 457 mm shells or 46.2 torpedoes
- Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.26
- Metacentric height 13.7 ft / 4.2 m
- Roll period: 18.2 seconds
- Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 74 %
- - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.68
- Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.48
- Hull form characteristics:
- Hull has a flush deck,
- a straight bulbous bow and a cruiser stern
- Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.699 / 0.700
- Length to Beam Ratio: 6.09 : 1
- 'Natural speed' for length: 31.22 kts
- Power going to wave formation at top speed: 43 %
- Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
- Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 35.08 degrees
- Stern overhang: -3.28 ft / -1.00 m
- Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
- Fore end, Aft end
- - Forecastle: 27.00 %, 32.75 ft / 9.98 m, 32.75 ft / 9.98 m
- - Forward deck: 23.00 %, 32.75 ft / 9.98 m, 32.75 ft / 9.98 m
- - Aft deck: 23.00 %, 32.75 ft / 9.98 m, 32.75 ft / 9.98 m
- - Quarter deck: 27.00 %, 32.75 ft / 9.98 m, 32.75 ft / 9.98 m
- - Average freeboard: 32.75 ft / 9.98 m
- Ship tends to be wet forward
- Ship space, strength and comments:
- Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 60.3 %
- - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 252.4 %
- Waterplane Area: 115,556 Square feet or 10,736 Square metres
- Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 111 %
- Structure weight / hull surface area: 303 lbs/sq ft or 1,477 Kg/sq metre
- Hull strength (Relative):
- - Cross-sectional: 0.97
- - Longitudinal: 1.37
- - Overall: 1.00
- Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
- Excellent accommodation and workspace room
- Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
- Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
- Misc. Equipment/Aviation Facilities:
- - 3x heavy cranes above deck (used for floatplane recovery, boat launching/recovery, and supply loading).
- - 2x compressed air catapults (2x Vought OS2U Kingfisher)
- - Below-deck maintenance hangar (room for 1 aircraft at a time)
- - Flag facilities.
- Refitted multiple times over her service life, USS [insert name here] was nonetheless a less than desirable posting by 1944 - her low speed having left her relegated to shore bombardment duties alongside the Standard battleships she was nominally to have helped replace. However, her excellent durability and characteristics as a gun platform - as well as her tremendous firepower - made her much beloved by the troops she supported during the War in the Pacific.
- With the end of the war, USS [insert name here] was mothballed, and eventually stricken from the Naval Register in 1954 - following brief discussion about possible reactivation for service in the Korean War, before saner minds prevailed.
Advertisement
Add Comment
Please, Sign In to add comment
Advertisement