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New Feluca's Aircraft Carrier (MT, open for comment)

The Xeno
28-04-2006, 06:02
OOC: New Feluca's Storefront can be found here: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=462589

CVN-1 Daewoo Class Aircraft Carrier - $3.5B - Felucan Original

In addition to their power-projection role, they serve as joint command platforms in the worldwide command-and-control network.
The carrier air wing can destroy enemy aircraft, ships, submarines, and land targets, or lay mines hundreds of miles from the ship. Aircraft are used to conduct strikes, support land battles, protect the battle group or other friendly shipping, implement a sea or air blockade. The air wing provides a visible presence to demonstrate Felucan power and resolve in a crisis. The ship normally operates as the centerpiece of a carrier battle group commanded by a flag officer embarked in the carrier and consisting of four to six other ships, including guided missile cruisers, destroyers, frigates, replenishment ships and submarines.

The Daewoo-class carriers are a floating airport, capable of catapult launching as many as two aircraft a minute. The ship's two catapults and four arresting gear engines enable her to launch and recover aircraft rapidly and simultaneously. The ships carry several different types of aircraft with a total complement of more than 80 planes. During flight operations, the flight deck of 5.7 acres is a scene of intense activity, with crew, aircraft and other equipment functioning as a well-rehearsed and carefully choreographed team to ensure both efficiency and safety. Two aircraft elevators, each the size of two average city lots, bring the aircraft to the flight deck from the hangars below. Small tractors spot the planes on the flight deck. Aviation fuel is pumped up from tanks below, and bombs and rockets are brought up from the magazines. Powerful steam catapults (affectionately known as "Fat Cats") can accelerate 37-ton jets from zero to a safe flight speed of up to 180 miles per hour in about 300 feet and in less than three seconds. The weight of each aircraft determines the amount of thrust provided by the catapult. When landing, pilots use a system of lenses to guide the aircraft "down the slope," the correct glide path for landing. The four arresting wires, each consisting of two-inch thick wire cables connected to hydraulic rams below decks, drag landing aircraft going as fast as 150 miles per hour to a stop in less than 400 feet. High in the island, seven stories above the flight deck, the "Air Boss" and his staff coordinate the entire operation, which is carefully monitored from the flight deck level as well as by the Captain on the ship's bridge. The various functions of the flight deck crew are identified by the colors they wear: yellow for officers and aircraft directors; purple for fuel handlers; green for catapult and arresting gear crews; blue for tractor drivers; brown for chock and chain runners; and red for crash and salvage teams and the ordnance handlers.

The Daewoo-class self-defense measures include: missiles, guns, and electronic warfare. The Sparrow Missile System is comprised of two launchers with four missiles each. Sparrow is a radar-guided, short-to-medium range missile capable of engaging aircraft and cruise missiles. Daewoo-class also has Close-In Weapon System mounts for short range defense against aircraft or missiles. Each mount has its own search and track radar, and a six-barrel, 30-millimeter Gatling gun capable of firing 3,000 rounds per minute

The carrier's two nuclear reactors give her virtually unlimited range and endurance and a top speed in excess of 30 knots. Eight steam turbine generators each produce 8,000 kilowatts of electrical power, enough to serve a small city. The ship has enough electrical generating power to supply electricity to a city of 100,000. The ships normally carrys enough food and supplies to operate for 90 days. Four distilling units enable Daewoo-class engineers to make over 400,000 gallons of fresh water from seawater a day, for use by the propulsion plants, catapults and crew. The ship carries approximately 3 million gallons of fuel for her aircraft and escorts, and enough weapons and stores for extended operations without replenishment. These ships also have extensive repair capabilities, including a fully equipped Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department, a micro-miniature electronics repair shop, and numerous ship repair shops. Keeping a Daewoo-class carrier ready at all times requires repair shops to maintain machinery and aircraft, heavy duty tailor shops to repair parachutes and other survival gear, and electronic ships that keep communication, navigation and avionics equipment in good condition. Daewoo-class carriers boast all the amenities that would be found in any city with a comparable population, including a post office with its own ZIP code, TV and radio stations, a newspaper, a fire department, a library, a hospital, a general store, two barbershops and much more.


Power Plant: Two Nuclear Power Plant (A4W Pressurized Water Reactor), four shafts, 310,000 shaft horsepower.
Four shafts, Four propellers, with five blades each
Length, overall 1,190 feet
Flight Deck Width 260 feet
Beam: 150 feet
Speed 33+ knots
Aircraft: 84 + 10 helos
Aircraft elevators: 2
Catapults: 2
Crew: 5,400

Armament:
2 Sparrow missile launchers (4 tubes each, 16 reloads)
4 Buckler CIWS 30mm mounts
12 .50 dual caliber MGs

Combat Systems:
Long-range 3D air radar
Long-range L-band 2D air radar
Short-range surface 2D radar
ESM
Active jamming/deception
ESM threat warning
Fire Control
Torpedo Countermeasures

Non-combat features and details:
Catapults are capable of launching 1 aircraft per minute each.
Features visual and electronic landing guidance.
SATCOM Transmit and/or Receive
UHF Transmit and Receive, 220-400 MHz
VHF Transmit and Receive, 30-162 MHz
LF through HF Receive,10 kHz - 30 MHz
Infra-Red, Transmit and Receive
Land Line Terminations, Transmit and/or Receive
Telephone Special Communications Channel
AN/WSN-5 Inertial Navigation System
GPS Navigation
(V) 9 I Band Radar
Standard No. 3 Magnetic Compass
Chronometer Size 85
Flux Compass
Replenishment-at-Sea: CONREP fore and aft VERTREP fore and aft
80 rigid inflatable boats 30 person capacity with slewing arm davit
65 30 person encapsulated lifeboats
50 stowed rapid-inflatable 25 person lifeboats



Picture: http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4446/daewooclass0vs.gif
Key:
Red blocks: Air catapults.
Yellow blocks: Sea Sparrow launchers, 4 tubes each.
Blue blocks: Aircraft lifts.
Green circles: CIWS.
Teal lines: Arrester lines
The Xeno
28-04-2006, 06:04
OOC: Comments are welcome. Please note in the picture, the top image is a Midway class carrier, the bottom image is one that I made myself. Be kind. :p

IC: The Daewoo is intended to carry any naval jet made, but designed for the purpose of deployment of a new Felucan VTOL jet, which is upcoming soon.
The Phoenix Milita
28-04-2006, 06:07
Looks like a pretty solid design.
The Xeno
28-04-2006, 07:04
Thank you. ^.^ That's generally what I go for. Functional, somewhat conservative but very effective and rugged. I've seen too many of the "Our aircraft carrier has 800 jets!" type designs.

Although the Daewoo has only 2 catapults (Compared to the Nimitz's 4) it's designed mostly towards VTOL operations. In theory, the Daewoo can probably launch 8 jets per minute.