Wampanoag, United States Cruiser laid down 1906
Displacement:
3,500 t light; 3,658 t standard; 4,216 t normal; 4,662 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(339.00 ft / 335.00 ft) x 48.00 ft x (18.50 / 19.96 ft)
(103.33 m / 102.11 m) x 14.63 m x (5.64 / 6.08 m)
Armament:
3 - 4.70" / 119 mm 45.0 cal guns - 52.35lbs / 23.75kg shells, 150 per gun
Quick firing guns in deck and hoist mounts , 1906 Model
3 x Single mounts on centreline, evenly spread
Aft Main mounts separated by engine room
10 - 5.00" / 127 mm 51.0 cal guns - 66.46lbs / 30.15kg shells, 150 per gun
Quick firing guns in casemate mounts , 1906 Model
10 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
2 - 4.00" / 102 mm 50.0 cal guns - 33.88lbs / 15.37kg shells, 150 per gun
Quick firing guns in deck and hoist mounts , 1906 Model
2 x Single mounts on sides, forward deck aft
Weight of broadside 889 lbs / 889 kg
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Ends: Unarmoured
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
0.70" / 18 mm 180.00 ft / 54.86 m 18.50 ft / 5.64 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 3.00" / 76 mm - 2.00" / 51 mm
2nd: 3.00" / 76 mm - 2.00" / 51 mm
3rd: 2.00" / 51 mm - 2.00" / 51 mm
- Armour deck: 1.00" / 25 mm
Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
ERROR: Revise drives, 2 shafts, 11,965 ihp / 8,926 Kw = 21.00 kts
Range 5,000nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,003 tons (100% coal)
Complement:
261 - 340
Cost:
£0.419 million / $1.675 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 194 tons, 4.6 %
Armour: 372 tons, 8.8 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 86 tons, 2.0 %
- Armament: 88 tons, 2.1 %
- Armour Deck: 197 tons, 4.7 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 1,701 tons, 40.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,358 tons, 32.2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 716 tons, 17.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
2,618 lbs / 1,187 Kg = 50.4 x 4.7 " / 119 mm shells or 0.7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.33
Metacentric height 2.8 ft / 0.8 m
Roll period: 12.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 100 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.40
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.97
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck,
a normal bow and a round stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.496 / 0.508
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.98 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 18.30 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 54 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 72
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 4.00 ft / 1.22 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 25.00 %, 21.00 ft / 6.40 m, 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 17.00 ft / 5.18 m, 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
- Aft deck: 30.00 %, 17.00 ft / 5.18 m, 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 17.00 ft / 5.18 m, 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Average freeboard: 17.48 ft / 5.33 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 246.8 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 132.4 %
Waterplane Area: 10,675 Square feet or 992 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 97 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 72 lbs/sq ft or 354 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.89
- Longitudinal: 3.07
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is extremely poor
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather
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Saturday, February 17, 2007
An anachronistic USS Wampanoag cruiser
I thought that I would like to try an American cruiser, the Wampanoag, as an anachronistic design. I had to modify my anachronistic gun list, first. I will post that separately. I added some protection to the Wampanoag to see if I could increase the roll period. This design is done with the Springsharp 3.0b Beta. I am starting to develop some facility with the program and like it much better than 2.1, which I liked a lot. I like being able to visualize the freeboard and having control over gun lengths. I am still getting the "drive" error message, however. This is the Springsharp report:
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