More about the "Alternative Super Fast Battlecruiser" design

By moving the turrets closer to the ends (although the fore turret is 175ft from the forward perpendicular and the after turret is about 140ft from the transom), I was able to fit in enough volume for a 400,000 SHP machinery, albeit at 48 SHP/ton. That lightened the normal displacement to 32,544 tons, and with a length of 821ft, that was sufficient to achieve a very wild 39 knots. At a deep load displacement of about 37,126 tons, the ship can still make 37.6 knots. I chose a cruising speed of 18 knots, so the cruising range at normal fuel load is only 1,609 nm. At deep load with extra fuel the range is 5112 nm at 18 knots. That would be sufficient for a quick deployment to the Western Hemisphere.