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Council of Clan Shipyards Lay 2 Keels today

Of the council of clan
23-01-2004, 01:15
As of Today CoC Naval Stores Inc. Has Laid 2 keels for 2 ships of the Brand New Great Lakes Class Battleship. The FCS Revenge of Kusa and the FCS Guantonomo have begun production. Rough Estimates of what these ships will be.

Displacement
74,670 Tonnes , 80,865 Tonnes Fully Loaded

Length
922 Feet
Beam
121 Feet
Power plant
2 Nuclear Reactors, 4 shafts(Similar to system in Nimitz Carriers

Armor
12" Main Armor Belt, Consisting of a Chobahm armor setup, with Ceramic, and steel intermixed.
3" Deck Armor

Armanment
12 Main Guns in Four Turrets of Three 16"/50 Cal
48 VLC(Capable of carrying SM-2 and Tomahawk Cruise Missiles)
16 Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles in 4 quad Launchers.
4 20mm Phalynx CIWS(if you can give me a better system i will try to use it)
8 Secondary Guns in 4 Twin 5"/54 Caliber mounts

Aviation
Hangar Space for 4 Medium Size Helicopters
Electronics
SPY-1 Radar (Am open to other options, also am looking for a good sonar)
Performance
Estimated 29-31 Knots


OOC: I'm open to all sorts of opinions on how i can improve the design of the ship. And i'm trying to use advanced tank armor technology on a ship.