Defcon 6

BB(X2)
Illinois Class, U.S Advanced Battleship laid down 2005 (Engine 2005)

Displacement:
74,727 t light; 77,948 t standard; 78,656 t normal; 79,222 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
922.00 ft / 922.00 ft x 120.00 ft x 33.00 ft (normal load)
281.03 m / 281.03 m x 36.58 m x 10.06 m

Armament:
AGS Gun System's:
9 - 16.00" .70/ 406 mm guns (3x3 guns), 2,071.00lbs / 939.39kg shells, 2005 Model with extended titanium lined barrels
Breech loading guns in Coles/Ericsson turrets
on centreline ends, majority forward
10 - 6.10" / 155 mm guns in single mounts, 113.65lbs / 51.55kg shells, 2005 Model
Breech loading guns in Coles/Ericsson turrets
on side, all amidships
16 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm guns (8 mounts), 5.65lbs / 2.56kg shells, 1950 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
*BAE Land and Armaments 57mm CIWS

Weight of broadside 19,605 lbs / 8,893 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
6 - 21.0" / 650 mm submerged torpedo tubes

Peripheral Vertical Launch System-
The solution consists of 80 four-cell PVLS situated round the perimeter of the deck, rather than the usual centrally located VLS. This would reduce the ship's vulnerability to a single hit.
-Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (Raytheon RIM-162)
-SM-3 Standard Missile
-Tactical Tomahawk or Tomahawk TLAM
-Harpoon ASM

x2 MRLS 12 cell box units on retracting mounts

Posseses Theater Missile Defense.

The Hangars are actually streamlined into the hull-
The hangars do not hold the helo's, they simply ride ontop
The helo and UAV launch decks are flat with no patterns painted

Hangar and docking capacity:
UAV's are stored in the hangar (which is small_ any manned craft are simply stored on deck waiting launch.
Rear Landing deck-
x4 AH-1 Super Cobra Attack Helicopters
UAV support with x28 Warrior UAV systems
CH-66 Chinook landing capacity. Negates AH-1's, or they have to be in flight so there is room for landing operations.

Bow deck (smaller):
x3 AH-1 Super Cobra's, or x2 Blackhawk helicopters.

Compact sleeping quarters that can house 100 infantry for landing operations. (Since there are no opposing naval landings now, most likely special ops)



Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 17.8" / 452 mm 562.90 ft / 171.57 m 12.47 ft / 3.80 m
Ends: 9.20" / 234 mm 303.08 ft / 92.38 m 12.47 ft / 3.80 m
56.02 ft / 17.07 m Unarmoured ends
Upper: 15.8" / 401 mm 562.90 ft / 171.57 m 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Main Belt covers 94 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
17.9" / 455 mm 562.90 ft / 171.57 m 32.29 ft / 9.84 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 10.0" / 254 mm 10.0" / 254 mm -
2nd: 8.00" / 203 mm 8.00" / 203 mm -
3rd: 8.00" / 203 mm 8.00" / 203 mm -

- Armour deck: 7.00" / 178 mm

Machinery:
Battery powered
Electric motors, 6 shafts, 229,527 shp / 171,227 Kw = 41.05 kts
Range 200nm at 28.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,274 tons

Complement:
288-333

Cost:
$6.898 billion *if (DD(X) 4.2 billion)

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 7 tons, 0.0 %
Armour: 32,043 tons, 40.7 %
- Belts: 6,747 tons, 8.6 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 12,038 tons, 15.3 %
- Armament: 672 tons, 0.9 %
- Armour Deck: 12,587 tons, 16.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 5,491 tons, 7.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 37,185 tons, 47.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,929 tons, 5.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
82,740 lbs / 37,530 Kg = 40.4 x 16.0 " / 406 mm shells or 14.7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.22
Metacentric height 9.4 ft / 2.9 m
Roll period: 16.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 76 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.31
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 0.88

Hull form characteristics: Tumble-Home design
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.754
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.68 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 34.53 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 86
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 17.66 ft / 5.38 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 20.60 ft / 6.28 m
- Mid (50 %): 20.60 ft / 6.28 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 20.60 ft / 6.28 m
- Stern: 20.60 ft / 6.28 m
- Average freeboard: 20.36 ft / 6.21 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 108.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 162.5 %
Waterplane Area: 97,194 Square feet or 9,030 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 183 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 309 lbs/sq ft or 1,507 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.81
- Longitudinal: 1.26
- Overall: 1.38
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform


The radar suite will consist of a dual band radar for horizon and volume search, an L-band volume search radar (VSR) integrated with the AN/SPY-3 multi-function radar already being developed by Raytheon for the US Navy. The two radars are to be integrated at waveform level for enhanced surveillance and tracking capability. The AN/SPY-3 Multi-Function Radar (MFR) is an X-band active phased-array radar designed to detect low-observable anti-ship cruise missiles and support fire-control illumination for the ESSM and Standard Missiles.

Propulsion:
I've equipped my vessel with MERMAID electrical pods, these give the vessel 360 degrees of movement without a rudder and can operate independantly. Direct hits can no longer disable a rudder or prop. shaft. Greatly increases survivability and fuel efficiency.

8 Alstor MERMAID electrical pods @30MW each
Cruise Speed: 31 kts
Top Speed: 41.05 kts