The Blub Colony
31-05-2007, 08:01
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History
The Blubnought began life during the days of the first Blub Colony in the Pacific. It was one of the three 'Super Battleships' fielded by the Blubs during their war with Hataria in Leyte. Classified as a heavily modifed Montana class, Blubnought originally bore the name Peacemaker and was in charge of covering starboard side anti-capital ship missions for the main 1st Fleet of the navy.
At Leyte, Peacemaker and her crew distinguished themselves many times. After her sister ship Fury was destroyed, and the 1st Fleet flagship Avenge crippled, Peacemaker had become the only Super Battleship available to the fighting at Leyte.
Weathering no less than eleven seperate air strikes and taking hits from sixteen anti-shipping missiles, Peacemaker suffered the loss of nearly 350 of her crew, yet stayed in the fight. Peacemaker was personally responsible for destroying four Hatarian cruisers with her anti-shipping missiles, and two Hatarian battleships by cannonade. Multiple smaller opponents were engaged and destroyed.
During the third week of combat at Leyte, Peacemaker was struck in the bridge by a fusilade of shells and her command corp decimated. With steerage nearly knocked out at this point and the ship taking on water, Peacemaker was beached and abandoned. When the tides came in, she was swept further out to sea and sank in the shallows.
Under strict secrecy, Peacemaker was raised by salvage crew and repaired enough to be towed back to Blubland. She was placed into drydock and over the course of six years refitted and upgraded.
The bow was extended greatly and the weapon systems further modernized. Effectively starting at scratch with the hull, Colonial Navy rebuilt her to the point where she is no longer recognized as a Montana class and has been redesignated as the 'Victory Class Super Dreadnought'.
Although light for a 'Super Dreadnought', the Colonial Navy insists on this designation.
Displacement: 93,550 tons
Length: 1279.53 ft (390 m)
Beam: 121 ft 0 in (36.9 m)
Draft: 45 ft 1 in (13.0 m)
Speed: 39 knot (59 km/h) maximum
Complement: 3,050
Power: 2 × 103,000 hp (228 MW) nuclear steam turbines
Drive: 4 screws; geared turbines
Armament:
9 × 20 in (508 mm) / 50 Mark 7 caliber guns in three triple turrets
30 × 5 in (127 mm) / 54 caliber guns in ten twin mountings (ten guns on each side of the ship)
12 x RAM air defense in four three tube mounts
40 x 30mm Red Arrow CIWS in 20 dual mounts
x96 VLS in rear
Aircraft: Space for two helicopters
Armor Belt: 32 in (812.8mm)
Bulkheads: 32 in (812.8mm)
Barbettes: 40 in (1016mm)
Torpedo Bulge 60 in (1524mm)
Turrets: 32 in (812.8mm)
Decks: 13 in (330.2)
OOC: Before anyone yells at me for lack of detail, please remember this is a public information release. Blubland won't go into detail about specific hardware, and simply wanted public domain to be known about what they can do if given the chance.
History
The Blubnought began life during the days of the first Blub Colony in the Pacific. It was one of the three 'Super Battleships' fielded by the Blubs during their war with Hataria in Leyte. Classified as a heavily modifed Montana class, Blubnought originally bore the name Peacemaker and was in charge of covering starboard side anti-capital ship missions for the main 1st Fleet of the navy.
At Leyte, Peacemaker and her crew distinguished themselves many times. After her sister ship Fury was destroyed, and the 1st Fleet flagship Avenge crippled, Peacemaker had become the only Super Battleship available to the fighting at Leyte.
Weathering no less than eleven seperate air strikes and taking hits from sixteen anti-shipping missiles, Peacemaker suffered the loss of nearly 350 of her crew, yet stayed in the fight. Peacemaker was personally responsible for destroying four Hatarian cruisers with her anti-shipping missiles, and two Hatarian battleships by cannonade. Multiple smaller opponents were engaged and destroyed.
During the third week of combat at Leyte, Peacemaker was struck in the bridge by a fusilade of shells and her command corp decimated. With steerage nearly knocked out at this point and the ship taking on water, Peacemaker was beached and abandoned. When the tides came in, she was swept further out to sea and sank in the shallows.
Under strict secrecy, Peacemaker was raised by salvage crew and repaired enough to be towed back to Blubland. She was placed into drydock and over the course of six years refitted and upgraded.
The bow was extended greatly and the weapon systems further modernized. Effectively starting at scratch with the hull, Colonial Navy rebuilt her to the point where she is no longer recognized as a Montana class and has been redesignated as the 'Victory Class Super Dreadnought'.
Although light for a 'Super Dreadnought', the Colonial Navy insists on this designation.
Displacement: 93,550 tons
Length: 1279.53 ft (390 m)
Beam: 121 ft 0 in (36.9 m)
Draft: 45 ft 1 in (13.0 m)
Speed: 39 knot (59 km/h) maximum
Complement: 3,050
Power: 2 × 103,000 hp (228 MW) nuclear steam turbines
Drive: 4 screws; geared turbines
Armament:
9 × 20 in (508 mm) / 50 Mark 7 caliber guns in three triple turrets
30 × 5 in (127 mm) / 54 caliber guns in ten twin mountings (ten guns on each side of the ship)
12 x RAM air defense in four three tube mounts
40 x 30mm Red Arrow CIWS in 20 dual mounts
x96 VLS in rear
Aircraft: Space for two helicopters
Armor Belt: 32 in (812.8mm)
Bulkheads: 32 in (812.8mm)
Barbettes: 40 in (1016mm)
Torpedo Bulge 60 in (1524mm)
Turrets: 32 in (812.8mm)
Decks: 13 in (330.2)
OOC: Before anyone yells at me for lack of detail, please remember this is a public information release. Blubland won't go into detail about specific hardware, and simply wanted public domain to be known about what they can do if given the chance.