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Originally Posted by M21Sniper
LOL, no one could afford them, not even the USN.
Pity.
PS: To carry the aramament fit you describe would require a ship of roughly double the displacement you've stated.
Even the Iowas are a full 17k tons heavier at full combat load.
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The Iowa is a bad comparison. The Iowa had a crew as large as say...1200-1800+ crew members, meaning you had to house them. Adding a lot of required space. The Iowa is bigger. Most of my ships weight comes from armor. In fact it's only about 23-25,000 tons without the armor. This ship is highly automated, many systems are eliminated.
The Iowa was conventional steam powered. So calculate in about two thousand tons of fuel at full load.