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SIC: Portland Iron Works developing fleet command ship

Sarzonia
12-05-2005, 23:53
Patinkin-class fleet command vessel
Length: 269 m; Beam 34.2 m; Draught: 10.6m
Displacement: 78,790 tons full
Armament: 2 x 2 356 mm ETC guns in A and Y positions; 2 x
'Silver' ASW & ASuW torpedo launchers; 20 x 'Rattlesnake' CIWS suites (combination of 'Yellow Jacket' mini SAM and 35 mm Millennium Gun).
Protection: 406 mm-508 mm advanced armour composite (amorphous steel, aluminum, titanium, enhanced ERA and ballistic ceramics); double-bottomed hull; reinforced keel; hardened crossbeams installed across bulkheads. Main belt 508 mm; main missile magazines 406 mm; hangars 406 mm; conning tower 508 mm.
Aircraft: Space for two medium ASW helicopters; 4 x UAV. Can be swapped out with three VTOL fighters.
Electronics: AN/SLY-2 (V) Advanced Integrated Electronic Warfare System (AIEWS); Windham and Green Defence Industries Modern Air Combat Theatre radar/LIDAR suite; Advanced Undersea Combat Theatre passive/active sonar array; two towed sensor arrays; AN/SLQ-25 Nixie decoys.
Propulsion: 2 x Pebblebed nuclear reactors, two waterjets. 2 x Windham and Green gas turbines; 2 auxiliary diesel engines. 33+ knots.
Crew: 810 + 145 marines; 475 staff. Can accomodate 1,820.
Price: $8.5 billion
Running Costs: $55 million/year.

The Patinkin-class is named in honour of the legendary Sarzonian Admiral of the Navy (Marcus D. Patinkin) for his long-running tenure as the nation's most decorated military officer. The ship has been constructed to serve as a flagship for very large fleet operations and has been designed for optimal survivability. With advanced fleet coordination and active and passive sensing arrays, the Patinkin can coordinate the activities of a full Sarzonian Fleet of over 100 ships.

The Patinkin can allow you to free up your aircraft carriers to focus on their sorties and permits your superdreadnaughts to become the fighting machines many NS navies expect by serving as the brains of your naval operation.