IDF
06-11-2004, 03:43
SCORPION class SSN
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/ssn-682-p01.jpg
Design Initiation Statement:
In recent years it has become very neccesary for a smaller and more agile SSN in the IDF Navy. The Halibut class is just that and is the ultimate SSN, but it is too expensive due to here titanium hull and special reactor system. The Admiral Jacobson has made a recommendation for the development of a new class of submarines. This sub class will be built for under ice operations, blue ocean missions, and of course ops in littoral waters like the Red Sea.
Specifications for SCORPION, SSN-871, HY-100 Stell hull
length 304 feet
beam 33 feet
draft 30.1 feet
[b]displacement 4,975 tons submerged
speed 33.4 knots (sea trials for ISS Scorpion)
operating depth 1,400 feet (test depth) 2,050 feet (crush depth)
Powerplant S11G nuclear reactor (30,000 shp)
Armaments 4 x 21 in TT forward. (space for 32 weapons)
crew 92 normal, plus 8-12 Cryppies or spooks (optional)
SONAR
IBM BQQ-10C/D
BQG-5D (flank array)
TB 25/32 thin line array
AMETEK BQS-20
MIDAS mine and ice dectection
RADAR: Navigation/fire control/surface search; Sperry BPS-15G
Countermeasures: The Scorpion has 12 4.5" countermeasure launchers. She can carry 54 on deployment.
SEAL Operations The Scorpion can have an ASDV SEAL vehicle or a drydeck shelter attached on her hull to deploy SEALs and other special operation groups.
Fire Control The Scorpion has automated computer controlled fire control systems. The heart of it is the BSY-1 Fire Control computer. It can make the complicated trig and calculus computations for targetting taking SONAR data and input variables to come up with amazing fire control solutions in the fraction of the time of a human. Sunfire E-15K mainframe runs the computer system and the software for the system,
UNDER ICE OPS
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/ssn-684-p02.jpg
The Scorpion class boats have sail planes that can rotate up 90 degrees to allow her to use her hardened sail to break through arctic ice while running special missions up North. This is very important in running intelligence missions where you have to spy on an enemy that is North of the Arctic circle. It is also useful if you have a naval base up there and need to use it year round.
ELINT Ops
The Scorpion is built with special Radio gear compartments and gear to intercept electronic messages and spy on the enemy in a stealthy way that planes and satelites can't copy. There is room without modification for 8-12 cryppies or spooks aboard for these missions, although, you may have to remove some torpedoes if they bring extra gear. Electronice Intelligence is one of the key missions that Scorpion was designed for.
Depth Control
The design of the Scorpion class includes diving planes placed on the sail. This allows optimum depth control on a sub of her size. When running at 70 feet with her ESM mast and other ELINT masts up, she will be able to keep her depth within 3 feet Sea State 5 conditions. Computer control helps make this possible. In Sea State 3, she can keep her depth control within .5 feet of target depth. This is very useful during intel operations.
Stealth
The reactor on the Scorpion class has made her the quietest boat in the IDF Navy. Her reactor does not require a loud pump unless she is running at speeds above 25 knots. Rubber insulation also helps contain noise that is produced within the ship. Aenoic tiles have been placed on the hull to allow her to absorb threatening Active Sonar pulses.
PRICE = $1 BILLION
The ISS SCORPION was dedicated on November 5th, 2004 at IDF Shipyards Sub facility in Gaza. She was named for the USS Scorpion SSN-589 and dedicated in memory of the 99 brave crewmembers of the US Navy submarine that lie on the bottom of the Atlantic due to what is still an unknown cause.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/ssn-682-p01.jpg
Design Initiation Statement:
In recent years it has become very neccesary for a smaller and more agile SSN in the IDF Navy. The Halibut class is just that and is the ultimate SSN, but it is too expensive due to here titanium hull and special reactor system. The Admiral Jacobson has made a recommendation for the development of a new class of submarines. This sub class will be built for under ice operations, blue ocean missions, and of course ops in littoral waters like the Red Sea.
Specifications for SCORPION, SSN-871, HY-100 Stell hull
length 304 feet
beam 33 feet
draft 30.1 feet
[b]displacement 4,975 tons submerged
speed 33.4 knots (sea trials for ISS Scorpion)
operating depth 1,400 feet (test depth) 2,050 feet (crush depth)
Powerplant S11G nuclear reactor (30,000 shp)
Armaments 4 x 21 in TT forward. (space for 32 weapons)
crew 92 normal, plus 8-12 Cryppies or spooks (optional)
SONAR
IBM BQQ-10C/D
BQG-5D (flank array)
TB 25/32 thin line array
AMETEK BQS-20
MIDAS mine and ice dectection
RADAR: Navigation/fire control/surface search; Sperry BPS-15G
Countermeasures: The Scorpion has 12 4.5" countermeasure launchers. She can carry 54 on deployment.
SEAL Operations The Scorpion can have an ASDV SEAL vehicle or a drydeck shelter attached on her hull to deploy SEALs and other special operation groups.
Fire Control The Scorpion has automated computer controlled fire control systems. The heart of it is the BSY-1 Fire Control computer. It can make the complicated trig and calculus computations for targetting taking SONAR data and input variables to come up with amazing fire control solutions in the fraction of the time of a human. Sunfire E-15K mainframe runs the computer system and the software for the system,
UNDER ICE OPS
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/ssn-684-p02.jpg
The Scorpion class boats have sail planes that can rotate up 90 degrees to allow her to use her hardened sail to break through arctic ice while running special missions up North. This is very important in running intelligence missions where you have to spy on an enemy that is North of the Arctic circle. It is also useful if you have a naval base up there and need to use it year round.
ELINT Ops
The Scorpion is built with special Radio gear compartments and gear to intercept electronic messages and spy on the enemy in a stealthy way that planes and satelites can't copy. There is room without modification for 8-12 cryppies or spooks aboard for these missions, although, you may have to remove some torpedoes if they bring extra gear. Electronice Intelligence is one of the key missions that Scorpion was designed for.
Depth Control
The design of the Scorpion class includes diving planes placed on the sail. This allows optimum depth control on a sub of her size. When running at 70 feet with her ESM mast and other ELINT masts up, she will be able to keep her depth within 3 feet Sea State 5 conditions. Computer control helps make this possible. In Sea State 3, she can keep her depth control within .5 feet of target depth. This is very useful during intel operations.
Stealth
The reactor on the Scorpion class has made her the quietest boat in the IDF Navy. Her reactor does not require a loud pump unless she is running at speeds above 25 knots. Rubber insulation also helps contain noise that is produced within the ship. Aenoic tiles have been placed on the hull to allow her to absorb threatening Active Sonar pulses.
PRICE = $1 BILLION
The ISS SCORPION was dedicated on November 5th, 2004 at IDF Shipyards Sub facility in Gaza. She was named for the USS Scorpion SSN-589 and dedicated in memory of the 99 brave crewmembers of the US Navy submarine that lie on the bottom of the Atlantic due to what is still an unknown cause.