US/CA/1941, United States Heavy Cruiser laid down 1941 (Engine 1945) Displacement: 17,372 t light; 18,060 t standard; 19,700 t normal; 21,012 t full load Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 699.71 ft / 695.00 ft x 67.00 ft x 25.00 ft (normal load) 213.27 m / 211.84 m x 20.42 m x 7.62 m Armament: 12 - 8.00" / 203 mm guns (4 mounts), 256.00lbs / 116.12kg shells, 1941 Model Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes) on centreline ends, evenly spread, 4 raised guns - superfiring 16 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns (8x2 guns), 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1941 Model Dual purpose guns in turrets (on barbettes) on side, all amidships 40 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm guns (10x4 guns), 1.95lbs / 0.89kg shells, 1941 Model Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts on side, all amidships, 8 raised mounts - superfiring 28 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1941 Model Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts on centreline, all amidships, 20 raised mounts - superfiring Weight of broadside 4,157 lbs / 1,886 kg Shells per gun, main battery: 120 10 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes Armour: - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 660.00 ft / 201.17 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m Ends: Unarmoured Main Belt covers 146 % of normal length - Torpedo Bulkhead: 1.00" / 25 mm 660.00 ft / 201.17 m 24.00 ft / 7.32 m - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) Main: 5.00" / 127 mm 2.00" / 51 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 2nd: 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm - Armour deck: 3.50" / 89 mm, Conning tower: 5.00" / 127 mm Machinery: Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, Geared drive, 4 shafts, 156,416 shp / 116,687 Kw = 35.00 kts Range 10,000nm at 15.00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 2,952 tons Complement: 830 - 1,080 Cost: £9.875 million / $39.501 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 520 tons, 2.6 % Armour: 5,445 tons, 27.6 % - Belts: 1,660 tons, 8.4 % - Torpedo bulkhead: 586 tons, 3.0 % - Armament: 838 tons, 4.3 % - Armour Deck: 2,281 tons, 11.6 % - Conning Tower: 79 tons, 0.4 % Machinery: 3,950 tons, 20.1 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 7,458 tons, 37.9 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,328 tons, 11.8 % Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 27,408 lbs / 12,432 Kg = 107.1 x 8.0 " / 203 mm shells or 3.3 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10 Metacentric height 3.3 ft / 1.0 m Roll period: 15.6 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 56 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.83 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.12 Hull form characteristics: Hull has a flush deck and transom stern Block coefficient: 0.592 Length to Beam Ratio: 10.37 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 29.72 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 59 % Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 5.00 degrees Stern overhang: 2.00 ft / 0.61 m Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length): - Stem: 31.00 ft / 9.45 m - Forecastle (20 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m - Mid (67 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m - Quarterdeck (15 %): 25.00 ft / 7.62 m - Stern: 25.00 ft / 7.62 m - Average freeboard: 25.48 ft / 7.77 m Ship space, strength and comments: Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 122.1 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 172.2 % Waterplane Area: 35,234 Square feet or 3,273 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 113 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 126 lbs/sq ft or 614 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 0.95 - Longitudinal: 1.63 - Overall: 1.00 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Monday, January 30, 2006
The US/CA/1941 design seems like a "Super Ship"
The US/CA/1941 design seems to be extremely capable, to the point of being a "super ship". This version increased the number of 5in DP guns to 16 and modernized the LAA armament with 40mm and 20mm guns. The number of 21in TT was increased to 10. This is the Springsharp report:
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