One of the largest battleships that I thought about 30-some years ago was 105,000 tons legend displacement. The armament was 9-19.75in/45 and 16-6in guns. The secondary armament was to be arranged in 8-twin turrets. The power was 280,000 SHP hoping to produce 31 knots speed.
The dimensions were 1,085ft x 140ft x 34ft (hull depth 66ft).
Let's see if we can add a little flesh to this outline:
- displacement: calculated to be 84,448.588 tons, far less than 105,000!
- L=1085 ft
- B=140ft
- d=34ft
- Cp=0.59
- Cm=0.97
To reach 105,000 tons, it would take dimensions like this:
- displacement: 105,000 tons
- L=1160ft
- B=145ft
- d=37ft
- Cp=0.60565
- Cm=0.975
The larger dimensions are necessary to keep the navigational draft from getting far out of hand (42ft). As it is, 37ft is deep, and would restrict access to harbors and docks.
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