Sarzonia
09-06-2005, 20:05
Background As well as the Forrest-class fleet carrier has served in the Incorporated Sarzonian Navy and in the service of its export customers, the design is one of the oldest still in service with the Portland Iron Works in its original form. Since the dedication of the first Forrest-class fleet carrier, Sarzonian ship design advanced dramatically, and the Forrest became a relic of an earlier age.
The Saugerties-class fleet aircraft carrier was designed to serve as a replacement for the aged Forrest-class fleet carrier in the Portland Iron Works arsenal. With a hull structured for survivability and sturdiness as a platform for projecting naval airpower, the Saugerties is the result of years of lessons learned in the construction of warships for the ISN and foreign customers. New advances in electronics and protection schemes help make the Saugerties a worthy successor to the longtime Forrest-class design.
Saugerties-class nuclear powered fleet carrier (CVN)
Length: 324 m; Beam: 43 m; Draught: 12.1 m
Displacement: 94,210 tonnes light; 106,352 tonnes full
Armament: 2 x 12 cell Mk. 136 cell VLS capable of firing a wide range of missiles; 8 x Rattlesnake CIWS
Protection: 460 mm-550 mm advanced armour composite (titanium, vanadium, aluminum, amorphous steel; enhanced ERA; ballistic ceramics); double-bottomed, reinforced keel with void spaces on a honeycomb frame; KERI foam installed in void spaces. Composite rods and kinetic-reducing ceramic plates provide limited protection against KE attacks.
Aircraft: Space for 75-80 aircraft.
Complement: 3,820 plus 200 aircrew
Propulsion: Two Pebblebed nuclear reactors; four internalised waterjets. Each reactor has extensive thermal insulation to reduce noise and infared signature. Four diesel engines provide emergency propulsion. 34 knots.
Sensors: AN/SPY-3B MFR multi-function radar; AN/SPS-64(V)10 navigational radar; AN/SQS-56 (K) hull mounted sonar
Electronics Warfare Suite: AN/SLY-2 (V) Advanced Integrated Electronic Warfare System (AIEWS)
Decoys: AN/SLQ-49; AN/SLQ-25 Nixie; MK-53 Nulka DLS
Fleet Defence System: MK-200 mod 2 FDS
Fleet Defence Control: MK-201 FDC
Countermeasures: Towed array sonar.
Price: $6.5 billion
The Saugerties-class fleet aircraft carrier was designed to serve as a replacement for the aged Forrest-class fleet carrier in the Portland Iron Works arsenal. With a hull structured for survivability and sturdiness as a platform for projecting naval airpower, the Saugerties is the result of years of lessons learned in the construction of warships for the ISN and foreign customers. New advances in electronics and protection schemes help make the Saugerties a worthy successor to the longtime Forrest-class design.
Saugerties-class nuclear powered fleet carrier (CVN)
Length: 324 m; Beam: 43 m; Draught: 12.1 m
Displacement: 94,210 tonnes light; 106,352 tonnes full
Armament: 2 x 12 cell Mk. 136 cell VLS capable of firing a wide range of missiles; 8 x Rattlesnake CIWS
Protection: 460 mm-550 mm advanced armour composite (titanium, vanadium, aluminum, amorphous steel; enhanced ERA; ballistic ceramics); double-bottomed, reinforced keel with void spaces on a honeycomb frame; KERI foam installed in void spaces. Composite rods and kinetic-reducing ceramic plates provide limited protection against KE attacks.
Aircraft: Space for 75-80 aircraft.
Complement: 3,820 plus 200 aircrew
Propulsion: Two Pebblebed nuclear reactors; four internalised waterjets. Each reactor has extensive thermal insulation to reduce noise and infared signature. Four diesel engines provide emergency propulsion. 34 knots.
Sensors: AN/SPY-3B MFR multi-function radar; AN/SPS-64(V)10 navigational radar; AN/SQS-56 (K) hull mounted sonar
Electronics Warfare Suite: AN/SLY-2 (V) Advanced Integrated Electronic Warfare System (AIEWS)
Decoys: AN/SLQ-49; AN/SLQ-25 Nixie; MK-53 Nulka DLS
Fleet Defence System: MK-200 mod 2 FDS
Fleet Defence Control: MK-201 FDC
Countermeasures: Towed array sonar.
Price: $6.5 billion