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Originally Posted by HoratioNelson
However, I believe the better choice would be maybe four Rolls Royce MERMAID electric engine pods. Moves silently, saves space 360 degree manueverability and enough power to propel the Queen Mary II. .
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Sorry to nitpick but podded propulsion is a bad idea for a warship. Explosive concussion can knock shafts out of alignment and as the pods are isolated there would be no way to repair them at sea....This propulsion set up was rejected for the RN CVF.
Isn`t the USN proposing a super cruiser of some 25,000 T? The CG(X)
25,000-ton cruiser under consideration - Navy News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Navy Times
This would actually be a BMD warship, nuclear powered producing around 100 MW `s of power, along with a fleet of smaller Zumwalt based cruisers with Tumbledown hulls of around 14,000 T displacement.