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UEMS Develops a new class of Super battlecruiser

United Earth Govenment
08-04-2006, 03:51
Background With the Developed of the Montana class of super battleships and the super Omega class of Destroyer
the navy felt it needed to come up with a class of super battlecruiser to support the Montana and Omega ships. . The new ships provides a really powerful surface combatant . that bridges the gap between the battle ships of many navies.And also replaces the old Titanic class of battlecruise and the Resolute classe they more thean 40 yrs old.



Armament

The first decision for the UEMS Navy was to decide wat type of armament to mount.The navy decided to mount the newest .19.2 inch gun in 4 triple turrets .With 19.2inch guns providing the main armament.Secondary weapons include new 110 mm Mark IV ETC guns for a dual purpose (anti-surface and anti-air) role, while 387 Mark 144 VLS tubes, capable of firing the new Croba long-range SAM along with Scourge and Scorcher SSMs. To defend against missile attacks, eight RAM launchers, 12 Greatwhite CIWS suites featuring the highly-successful Yellow Blue mini-SAM and the 35 mm Millennium Gun, and four 650 mm torpedo tubes for the New Preston heavy torpedo.23 - 5-inch guns )




Alaska class of super battlecruiser


Length: 909.ft Beam 92.2ft

Displacement: 39,780 tons standard .59,250 full load
Armament: 19.2 inch guns in 4 triple turrets

Secondary Armament.
Secondary weapons include new 110 mm Mark IV ETC guns for a dual purpose (anti-surface and anti-air) while 387 Mark 144 VLS tubes, capable of firing the new Croba long-range SAM along with Scourge and Scorcher SSMs. To defend against missile attacks, eight RAM launchers, 12 Greatwhite CIWS suites featuring the highly-successful Yellow Blue mini-SAM and the 35 mm Millennium Gun


Protection:
560 mm-780 mm advanced armour composite (titanium, vanadium, aluminum, amorphous steel, ballistic ceramics); double-bottomed, reinforced keel with void spaces along a honeycomb frame. Composite rods and KE-reducing ceramic plates installed.

Propulsion:
2 shafts General Electic double reduction greared steam turbines Power by 2 150 megawatt K15 pressurised water nuclear reactors 82,000 shp 27 knots



Aircraft:
2 AV-8B Harrier attack planes
3 AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopter
2 CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters
2 UH-1N Huey helicopters


Combat Systems AN/SPS-49 Air Search Radar
AN/SPS-55 Surface Search Radar
Mk92 Fire Control System
AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System
AN/SQS-56 Sonar
Mk36 SRBOC Decoy System
AN/SQR-19 Towed Array Sonar System
AN/SQQ-89 ASW Integration System

FIRE CONTROL MK116 MOD 7 Underwater Fire Control System
AN/SWG- I A (V) Harpoon Launcher Control System
AN/SWG-3A TOMAHAWK Weapon Control System


Navigational Equipment
AN/WSN-5 Inertial Navigation System
AN/WRN-6
ANISRN-25 (V)
MK 4 MOD 2 Underwater Log
MK 6 MOD 4D Digital Dead Reckoning Tracer
AN/URN-25 TACAN
AN/SPS-64 (V) 9 I Band Radar
Navy Standard No. 3 Magnetic Compass
Chronometer Size 85
Flux Compass

Electronics:
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.Torpedo Fire Control: MK-117 ACWSCS (Anti-Submarine Weapon Control System, Underwater Fire Control System); 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.

Complement 1,515 ship's company
75 officers (As flagship ) 64 officers normal
1,890 enlisted
86 Marines
Price: 5.5 billion
Running Cost: 120 million