Gaia Rodina
16-05-2004, 21:41
MacArthur shipyards launched the first Stalin-class battleship today, to much cheering and the blaring of the Gaia Rodinan national anthem.
http://homepage.eircom.net/~hughcampbell/ccindex/Gallery/Gallery/R2008.jpg
Statistics:
Type: Trimaran hull Battleship
Displacement: 60,500 tons (standard); 70,965 tons (full load)
Length: 480.8 m
Beam: 66.9 m
Propulsion Mk. 6 Nuclear, 182,000 horsepower (128 MW) steam turbines, producing 32 knot top speed, 24 knot cruising
Primary Armament: 12 25" Electro/Thermal naval guns in four turrets (3 fore, 1 aft)
Secondary Armament: 20 5" guns, 32-cell VLS for Aster-15/Aster-30; 4 x ML Mk22 Torpedo Tubes (20 Torpedoes), Mk. 5 Lazer CIWS (three single turrets w/range of 73 meters)
Armor: 500-1000mm Titanium-Steel Alloy Composite; three interior bulkheads with force-absorbing liquid-gel seperating them.
Systems:Systems: AEGIS (ANY-UK1), AS18 Close-Range Air Search/Tracking, SS34 Long Range Surface Search/Tracking, SS44 Short Range Surface Search/Tracking, G04 Navigation, Overlord N/Command System, T03 Close Engagement Control, NG04A Gunfire Control, Bow-mounted sonar, SN 20 Towed-array
Countermeasures: Siren (anti-missile), MASS (anti-missile)
Price: 17.7 billion USD
((Comments welcome))
http://homepage.eircom.net/~hughcampbell/ccindex/Gallery/Gallery/R2008.jpg
Statistics:
Type: Trimaran hull Battleship
Displacement: 60,500 tons (standard); 70,965 tons (full load)
Length: 480.8 m
Beam: 66.9 m
Propulsion Mk. 6 Nuclear, 182,000 horsepower (128 MW) steam turbines, producing 32 knot top speed, 24 knot cruising
Primary Armament: 12 25" Electro/Thermal naval guns in four turrets (3 fore, 1 aft)
Secondary Armament: 20 5" guns, 32-cell VLS for Aster-15/Aster-30; 4 x ML Mk22 Torpedo Tubes (20 Torpedoes), Mk. 5 Lazer CIWS (three single turrets w/range of 73 meters)
Armor: 500-1000mm Titanium-Steel Alloy Composite; three interior bulkheads with force-absorbing liquid-gel seperating them.
Systems:Systems: AEGIS (ANY-UK1), AS18 Close-Range Air Search/Tracking, SS34 Long Range Surface Search/Tracking, SS44 Short Range Surface Search/Tracking, G04 Navigation, Overlord N/Command System, T03 Close Engagement Control, NG04A Gunfire Control, Bow-mounted sonar, SN 20 Towed-array
Countermeasures: Siren (anti-missile), MASS (anti-missile)
Price: 17.7 billion USD
((Comments welcome))