US/CL/1936b1, United States Light Cruiser laid down 1936 Displacement: 11,190 t light; 11,617 t standard; 12,751 t normal; 13,658 t full load Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 611.08 ft / 610.00 ft x 62.00 ft x 25.00 ft (normal load) 186.26 m / 185.93 m x 18.90 m x 7.62 m Armament: 16 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns (8x2 guns), 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1936 Model Dual purpose guns in turrets (on barbettes) on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring 32 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (8x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1936 Model Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts on side ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring Weight of broadside 1,062 lbs / 482 kg Shells per gun, main battery: 280 8 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes Armour: - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) Main: 3.00" / 76 mm 395.00 ft / 120.40 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m Ends: Unarmoured Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) Main: 2.00" / 51 mm 2.00" / 51 mm 2.00" / 51 mm - Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 3.00" / 76 mm Machinery: Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, Geared drive, 4 shafts, 155,242 shp / 115,810 Kw = 36.00 kts Range 8,000nm at 15.00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 2,042 tons Complement: 599 - 779 Cost: £5.869 million / $23.475 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 133 tons, 1.0 % Armour: 2,042 tons, 16.0 % - Belts: 789 tons, 6.2 % - Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 % - Armament: 308 tons, 2.4 % - Armour Deck: 909 tons, 7.1 % - Conning Tower: 35 tons, 0.3 % Machinery: 4,356 tons, 34.2 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 4,660 tons, 36.5 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,561 tons, 12.2 % Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 10,778 lbs / 4,889 Kg = 172.4 x 5.0 " / 127 mm shells or 1.3 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.20 Metacentric height 3.4 ft / 1.0 m Roll period: 14.1 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.29 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.04 Hull form characteristics: Hull has a flush deck Block coefficient: 0.472 Length to Beam Ratio: 9.84 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 24.70 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 61 % Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 2.00 degrees Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length): - Stem: 31.00 ft / 9.45 m - Forecastle (20 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m - Mid (50 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m - Quarterdeck (15 %): 22.00 ft / 6.71 m - Stern: 22.00 ft / 6.71 m - Average freeboard: 22.72 ft / 6.93 m Ship space, strength and comments: Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 119.7 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 146.9 % Waterplane Area: 24,577 Square feet or 2,283 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 108 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 106 lbs/sq ft or 516 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 0.94 - Longitudinal: 1.84 - Overall: 1.00 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Amazon Ad
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Springsharp is using too low a SHP/ton: US/CL/1936b1 (AA cruiser)
I have my US/CL/1936b1 design, but it is warped because Springsharp is only using a 35.64 SHP/ton machinery basis. That means the machinery is too heavy and takes up too much space. Given that, I was able to achieve a 36-knot AA cruiser with 8-21 TT and 16-5in DP guns (along with 32-40mm AA). The armor basis is 3in, with a 2in deck. The range is 8,000 nm, as that seemed like a reasonable compromise:
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
Post a Comment