The Far Echo Islands
18-08-2007, 08:15
OOC: first
BB-Battleship
AA-Anti-Aircraft
B-ballistic missile carrying
M-mine layer
N-nuclear powered
V-Heavier than air (aircraft capeable)
Now:
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/The_Far_Echo_Islands/cfeis2.png
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/The_Far_Echo_Islands/cfeidodseal4.png
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/The_Far_Echo_Islands/cfeins.png
Official Design
Project History: Started in 1999, the Adĕlie Class Battleship Update Project, or ACBUP, worked to design a battleship equipped for the 21st century. Straying away from large and numerous cannons the Adĕlie Class looks decidedly odd, sporting only two triple 140mm guns on the bow and stern and a set of 360mm guns on its mid section which were added later in the project, however, this does not signify and lack of firepower of the Adĕlie Class. Using 225 cruise missiles of various types, the Adĕlie Class is one of the most potent warships in the field today.
Development: In the beginning the Adĕlie Class was planned to be as much a missile frigate as a battle ship, but as the design advanced so did the idea that big guns were no longer worth the hassle that they caused. A multifunctional craft emerged with a specialization in missile combat but roots in the big gun in the center and the capability to store a half dozen various VTOL aircraft or helicopters. As the age of stealth emerged more and more the project underwent another major redesign in 2002, using angular plates and curves to deflect radar signatures. This also led to the large but quick opening doors on the sides of the Adĕlie Class which house the CIWS and ESSM systems.
Electronics: The decision was made in 2001 to only upgrade on the Active Electronically Scanned Array radar system used on previous battleships and being implemented thought out the Echo Islands Navy instead of engineering an entirely new one. With the end of its usefulness no where near a foreseeable end, AESA. The ship was built with an integrated supercomputer core able to track multiple targets at any given time as well as managed the CIWS systems and other vital functions of the ship. The computer uses Tactical analysis and target tracking software (TAATS) that has been designed to compliment its missile systems.
Vital Statistics:
• Total Length: 790 feet
• Between Perpendiculars: 759 feet
• Beam: 111 feet
• Displacement
o 41,000 tons normal load
o 47, 000 tons mean war load
o 49,500 tons full load• Total Cruise Missile load out:
o 50 RGM Boeing Harpoon ship-to-ship missiles
o 150 BMG-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles with conventional warheads using DSMAC guidance systems to reduce production price to approximately 632,000 USD.
o 25 BMG-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles with nuclear/hydrogen/biological warheads using TERCOM guidance at a cost of 1,300,000 USD. (Optional 25 conventional tipped instead)• Defensive Armament:
o Twin 140mm defensive repeating cannons on bow/stern
o 20 .50 caliber Browning machine gun emplacements strategically placed around deck
o 75 RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles
o 100 chaff missile decoy targets
o Generation II 20mm automated Phalanx CIWS
o AN-SLQ25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy
o BBDMS modular mine/depth charge laying system• Propulsion:
o Trio of B/D2S compact nuclear reactors producing 75,000 shaft horsepower per reactor
o Cruising Speed: 34 knots
o Max Speed: 37 knots (overheat of reactors after 32 minutes)
o Range: Limited only by crew endurance and sustainability,
• Complement:
o 1500 Officers and men
• Costs:
o Production
2.3 billion USD per ship unloaded
2.6 billion USD per ship combat loaded
3.1 billion USD per ship combat ready, exported and delivered
o Annual operating costs: 79 million USD
Photographs/Blueprints/etc.
Basic design (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/The_Far_Echo_Islands/battleship1.png): (NOTE: this drawing does NOT contain all the current systems of the Adĕlie Class. It is a beginning early 2002 sketch and is not up to date with the current Adĕlie Class specs. It is merely a reference to the basic hull and missile carrying systems of the Adĕlie.)
Armor System 3 (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/The_Far_Echo_Islands/Adeliearmor3.png) Drawing heavily on the USS Iowa armor design, this design adds reinforcement structures to the design making it more rigid.
OOC: Credit due to Questers for that Armor base image, however the modifications were mine. I know ppl say this and that about NS draftroom, but I applied for an account there but it won't let me post yet, and I've worked so hard on this so far, I just wanted to tell about it. Criticism is welcome, I guess. This is my first design, so kind of learning as I go...Oh, and yes, I know the current pic side sucks. I will try and have a better one up by tomarrow.
BB-Battleship
AA-Anti-Aircraft
B-ballistic missile carrying
M-mine layer
N-nuclear powered
V-Heavier than air (aircraft capeable)
Now:
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/The_Far_Echo_Islands/cfeis2.png
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/The_Far_Echo_Islands/cfeidodseal4.png
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/The_Far_Echo_Islands/cfeins.png
Official Design
Project History: Started in 1999, the Adĕlie Class Battleship Update Project, or ACBUP, worked to design a battleship equipped for the 21st century. Straying away from large and numerous cannons the Adĕlie Class looks decidedly odd, sporting only two triple 140mm guns on the bow and stern and a set of 360mm guns on its mid section which were added later in the project, however, this does not signify and lack of firepower of the Adĕlie Class. Using 225 cruise missiles of various types, the Adĕlie Class is one of the most potent warships in the field today.
Development: In the beginning the Adĕlie Class was planned to be as much a missile frigate as a battle ship, but as the design advanced so did the idea that big guns were no longer worth the hassle that they caused. A multifunctional craft emerged with a specialization in missile combat but roots in the big gun in the center and the capability to store a half dozen various VTOL aircraft or helicopters. As the age of stealth emerged more and more the project underwent another major redesign in 2002, using angular plates and curves to deflect radar signatures. This also led to the large but quick opening doors on the sides of the Adĕlie Class which house the CIWS and ESSM systems.
Electronics: The decision was made in 2001 to only upgrade on the Active Electronically Scanned Array radar system used on previous battleships and being implemented thought out the Echo Islands Navy instead of engineering an entirely new one. With the end of its usefulness no where near a foreseeable end, AESA. The ship was built with an integrated supercomputer core able to track multiple targets at any given time as well as managed the CIWS systems and other vital functions of the ship. The computer uses Tactical analysis and target tracking software (TAATS) that has been designed to compliment its missile systems.
Vital Statistics:
• Total Length: 790 feet
• Between Perpendiculars: 759 feet
• Beam: 111 feet
• Displacement
o 41,000 tons normal load
o 47, 000 tons mean war load
o 49,500 tons full load• Total Cruise Missile load out:
o 50 RGM Boeing Harpoon ship-to-ship missiles
o 150 BMG-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles with conventional warheads using DSMAC guidance systems to reduce production price to approximately 632,000 USD.
o 25 BMG-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles with nuclear/hydrogen/biological warheads using TERCOM guidance at a cost of 1,300,000 USD. (Optional 25 conventional tipped instead)• Defensive Armament:
o Twin 140mm defensive repeating cannons on bow/stern
o 20 .50 caliber Browning machine gun emplacements strategically placed around deck
o 75 RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles
o 100 chaff missile decoy targets
o Generation II 20mm automated Phalanx CIWS
o AN-SLQ25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy
o BBDMS modular mine/depth charge laying system• Propulsion:
o Trio of B/D2S compact nuclear reactors producing 75,000 shaft horsepower per reactor
o Cruising Speed: 34 knots
o Max Speed: 37 knots (overheat of reactors after 32 minutes)
o Range: Limited only by crew endurance and sustainability,
• Complement:
o 1500 Officers and men
• Costs:
o Production
2.3 billion USD per ship unloaded
2.6 billion USD per ship combat loaded
3.1 billion USD per ship combat ready, exported and delivered
o Annual operating costs: 79 million USD
Photographs/Blueprints/etc.
Basic design (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/The_Far_Echo_Islands/battleship1.png): (NOTE: this drawing does NOT contain all the current systems of the Adĕlie Class. It is a beginning early 2002 sketch and is not up to date with the current Adĕlie Class specs. It is merely a reference to the basic hull and missile carrying systems of the Adĕlie.)
Armor System 3 (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/The_Far_Echo_Islands/Adeliearmor3.png) Drawing heavily on the USS Iowa armor design, this design adds reinforcement structures to the design making it more rigid.
OOC: Credit due to Questers for that Armor base image, however the modifications were mine. I know ppl say this and that about NS draftroom, but I applied for an account there but it won't let me post yet, and I've worked so hard on this so far, I just wanted to tell about it. Criticism is welcome, I guess. This is my first design, so kind of learning as I go...Oh, and yes, I know the current pic side sucks. I will try and have a better one up by tomarrow.