BB-27 Michigan, United States Battleship laid down 1905 (Engine 1908) Displacement: 14,612 t light; 15,311 t standard; 16,457 t normal; 17,374 t full load Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep) (458.00 ft / 450.00 ft) x 80.00 ft x (25.00 / 26.17 ft) (139.60 m / 137.16 m) x 24.38 m x (7.62 / 7.98 m) Armament: 8 - 12.00" / 305 mm 45.0 cal guns - 860.00lbs / 390.09kg shells, 90 per gun Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1905 Model 8 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread 4 raised mounts - superfiring 22 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm 45.0 cal guns - 13.62lbs / 6.18kg shells, 150 per gun Quick firing guns in casemate mounts , 1905 Model 22 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread 10 raised mounts Weight of broadside 7,180 lbs / 7,180 kg 2 - 21.0" / 533 mm above water torpedoes Armour: - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg) Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 300.00 ft / 91.44 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m Ends: Unarmoured Upper: 8.00" / 203 mm 300.00 ft / 91.44 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m Main Belt covers 103 % of normal length - Torpedo Bulkhead: 1.50" / 38 mm 300.00 ft / 91.44 m 24.50 ft / 7.47 m - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max) Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 8.00" / 203 mm 10.0" / 254 mm 2nd: 8.00" / 203 mm 2.00" / 51 mm 8.00" / 203 mm - Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 12.00" / 305 mm Machinery: Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines, ERROR: Revise drives, 2 shafts, 16,498 ihp / 12,308 Kw = 18.50 kts Range 4,500nm at 12.00 kts Bunker at max displacement = 2,064 tons (100% coal) Complement: 726 - 944 Cost: £1.387 million / $5.548 million Distribution of weights at normal displacement: Armament: 1,296 tons, 7.9 % Armour: 6,184 tons, 37.6 % - Belts: 2,126 tons, 12.9 % - Torpedo bulkhead: 408 tons, 2.5 % - Armament: 2,472 tons, 15.0 % - Armour Deck: 1,011 tons, 6.1 % - Conning Tower: 167 tons, 1.0 % Machinery: 1,500 tons, 9.1 % Hull, fittings & equipment: 6,137 tons, 37.3 % Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,845 tons, 11.2 % Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 % Overall survivability and seakeeping ability: Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship): 22,926 lbs / 10,399 Kg = 26.5 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 4.4 torpedoes Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.02 Metacentric height 3.7 ft / 1.1 m Roll period: 17.4 seconds Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 59 % - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.88 Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.38 Hull form characteristics: Hull has rise forward of midbreak, a ram bow and a cruiser stern Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.640 / 0.645 Length to Beam Ratio: 5.63 : 1 'Natural speed' for length: 21.21 kts Power going to wave formation at top speed: 46 % Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 43 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees Stern overhang: -2.00 ft / -0.61 m Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length): Fore end, Aft end - Forecastle: 20.00 %, 20.00 ft / 6.10 m, 20.00 ft / 6.10 m - Forward deck: 45.00 %, 20.00 ft / 6.10 m, 20.00 ft / 6.10 m - Aft deck: 20.00 %, 12.00 ft / 3.66 m, 12.00 ft / 3.66 m - Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 12.00 ft / 3.66 m, 12.00 ft / 3.66 m - Average freeboard: 17.20 ft / 5.24 m Ship tends to be wet forward Ship space, strength and comments: Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 88.5 % - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 120.9 % Waterplane Area: 27,326 Square feet or 2,539 Square metres Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 106 % Structure weight / hull surface area: 162 lbs/sq ft or 790 Kg/sq metre Hull strength (Relative): - Cross-sectional: 0.95 - Longitudinal: 1.72 - Overall: 1.00 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
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Tuesday, April 03, 2007
I am having Springsharp 3.0b1 Beta troubles
I am seeing the sort of problems that exist with Springsharp 3.0b1 Beta. They seem to center around the "Speed, Range, and Power" page and what shows up in the "Performance" and "Report" pages. I am trying to do a BB-27 Michigan design (photo from this New York Shipbuilding site), and odd things are happening. The "Composite Strength" is bouncing around with what I would expect to be only marginally related changes. The Michigan is interesting to me because it was very small, but had 8-12in guns, with superfiring turrets. It is the earliest example of a more modern layout. The Dreadnought was still using a pre-Dreadnought layout, in may ways (oddly enough). This is the Springsharp report:
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