The Infinite Crucible
01-05-2005, 05:39
Alright, so this will just be an intro post. I am completely new to the whole process of making your own ships, aircraft, tanks, whatever. However, I dont want to be the billionth nation that is attacking the enemy with Nimitz class aircraft carriers and M1A2 Abrams. So I decided to start to take a stab at my own designs. I will be posting custom designs in this thread until I feel I am competant enough to go off on my own. I will also start very safe, with ships very similar to RL ones.
The Infinite Crucible
01-05-2005, 05:41
Ok so here is my first design. This is a bit of a miz between a cruiser and an aircraft carrier. It is modled very heavely after the Russian Kiev.
Brood Mother Assault Carrier
Designer: The Department of Naval Research and Design
Builder: TBA
Displacement: 37,000 tons Standard
44,000-44,500 tons full load
Speed: 29 Knots
Dimensions: 265 Meters Waterline
280 Meters Overall
33 Meters Waterline Beam
53 Meters of Flight Deck Width
10 Meter Draft
13 Meter Draft Full Load
Propulsion: 8 Turbo-pressurized boilers
4 Steam Turbines
200k shp
4 Shafts
Crew: 1200-1600 Including Air wing
Armor: Heavier then the average carrier, don’t know what that would be though. I slowed down the ship and increased its size and weight a little to represent the heavier armor, I just don’t know how to put it in technical terms.
Armament:
Missiles:
24 Mk 141 Harpoon Launchers (8 Celled)
12 MK 48 VLS outfitted with RIM-7 Sea Sparrow Missiles (8 Celled)
Cannons:
2 MK 5” Guns
8 MK 75 76mm/3-inch guns
Torpedoes:
10 21-in (533-mm) torpedo tubes
Aircraft: 10-12 VSTOL Aircraft
13-15 Helicopters
Price: ?????
So there it is. Any critiques will be greatly appreciated.
OOC:
Crucible, try posting this in the International Incidents forum for criticisms...statistics and number-crunching tend to be considered more important than here in NS.