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Monday, September 20, 2004

Compact very large battleship

This may seem a contradiction in terms, but the reason is that he displacement for this design is quite low for the armament. The designed standard displacement (I was into Washington Naval Treaty design standards at the time) was ONLY 80.000 tons. That was low, because the designed armament was 10-21in/45 guns. These guns would have fired a 5,000 lb. AP shot. Each 21in-piece would have weighed about 300 tons. By my current design standards, I would make a 21in/45 gun of 320 tons. The main armament was to be in 2-triple turrets and 2-superfiring twin turrets. The secondary armament was to be in twin gun mounts. This ship's specifications were:
  • standard displacement: 80,000 tons
  • full load displacement: 85,650 tons
  • dimensions: 900ft x 150ft x 35.7ft (hull depth: 65ft)
  • armament: 10-21in/45 and 24-5in/50
  • Cp: 0.64
  • Cm: 0.97
  • designed speed: 20 knots
  • machinery: 85,000 SHP
  • machinery: 2,840 tons
  • auxiliary machinery: 3,000 tons
  • hull: 24,000 tons
  • armament: 6,876 tons
  • protection: 36,884 tons
  • miscellaneous: 6,400 tons
  • max. oil fuel: 5,000 tons
  • feed water: 650 tons

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