NationStates Jolt Archive

OOC: Essentially, this is my effort at creating a modernised new build version of the Iowa-class and the Vanguard-class battleships that are among the last built and in service in the RL world. The weapons layout is different from what I'd use on my normal ships of this calibre, so the domestic version will carry Sarzonian-designed weapons instead of this layout.

Oregon-class battleship
Length: 302 m; Beam: 36 m; Draught: 12.5 m
Displacement: 72,940 tonnes full load
Armament: 3 x 3 406 mm guns in A, B, and Y positions; 10 x 127 mm Mk VIII guns port and starboard; 2 x 64 cell Mk 41 VLS; 2 x 8 box launchers for SAMs; 12 x Phalanx CIWS
Protection: Main side belt 508 mm hardened steel; Turrets: 460 mm sides, 356 mm front; 305 mm rear; Barbettes: 508 mm-305 mm; Conning Tower: 508 mm. Double-bottomed, reinforced keel with void spaces. Hardened crossbeams installed across bulkheads.
Propulsion: Two nuclear reactors; four internalised waterjets. Two diesel turbines provide emergency propulsion. 34.6 knots. 12.7 knots with diesel power only.
Aircraft: Space included for four Sea King-similar helicopters.
Complement: 1,360
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
Fire Control: MK-99 FCS missile fire control; Gun fire control: MK-88 GFCS; MK-116 mod 7 ACWSCS torpedo fire control
Fleet Defence System: MK-200 mod 2 FDS
Fleet Defence Control: MK-201 FDC
Countermeasures: Towed array sonar utilizing a hull transducer or a towed active transducer or both. It is an integrated ASW, Mine Avoidance and Torpedo Defense underwater system.
Price: $3.5 billion US.

A little weak for NS battleship, but a solid design none the less.

Thanks for the comment USSNA. The Oregon was really put up as more of my take on a modernised battleship than a NS-built vessel. If I used the Oregon for NS, it'd have a very different look (different gun types, missiles would be Sarzonian-built, CIWS would be completely overhauled, and the armour would be vastly different). As it stands, if someone wants a ship that's feasible IRL, this could fit the bill.

Well, then this would be the ship for them then. :)