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Saturday, October 30, 2004

A fast escort

I have the design for a fast escort, a large destroyer-type. I wanted to have a suitable screening vessel for fast battlecruisers. Even a 2800 ton ship will lose speed in a seaway, but a 2800 ton destroyer leader behaves better than a 1400 ton destroyer. I have settled for a ship that can easily reach 37 knots at normal load. I had experimented with a version that could exceed 38 knots, but backed off because of the size (over 3200 tons). With only 5-4.7in/50 guns and 3-21in torpedo tubes, the ship is underarmed, but I didn't want twin mounts or larger guns. The dimensions are 376ft x 40ft x 12ft with coefficients of Cp=0.66 and Cm=0.82. The metacentric height (GM) is 3.72ft at normal load and 4.48ft at deep load. The normal range is 2,212nm at 15 knots and the maximum range is 4,977nm at 15 knots. The Washington Naval Treaty Standard Displacement is 2,435 tons.

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