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kato · 04-15-2007, 18:26 PM

Sort of a baseline definition: http://www.hazegray.org/faq/smn2.htm#B8
The problem is that the definitions are rather arbitrary, especially regarding full load displacement (and hence deadweight of a military ship).
"Standard Displacement" is about the only officially declared standard.

Edit: Just played with the dimensions and deadweight of the Trimaran LCS-2 a bit. My above estimate of 1000-1200 tons looks like it might work, if we're considering a design with an emphasis on cargo. Likely a bit more though. LCS-2 is at least twice as big as this Austal design would be, and has 608 tons deadweight, for a supposed full load of 2784 tons.

04-15-2007, 18:26 PM	#17 (permalink)
kato Patron Join Date: 09-05-06 Posts: 233 Country:	Sort of a baseline definition: http://www.hazegray.org/faq/smn2.htm#B8 The problem is that the definitions are rather arbitrary, especially regarding full load displacement (and hence deadweight of a military ship). "Standard Displacement" is about the only officially declared standard. Edit: Just played with the dimensions and deadweight of the Trimaran LCS-2 a bit. My above estimate of 1000-1200 tons looks like it might work, if we're considering a design with an emphasis on cargo. Likely a bit more though. LCS-2 is at least twice as big as this Austal design would be, and has 608 tons deadweight, for a supposed full load of 2784 tons. Last edited by kato : 04-15-2007 at 18:51 PM.