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Originally Posted by maximusslade
Ok, so I deleted the Harpoon launchers and assumed that they will be put in VLS soon. I also deleted the forward and aft CIWS and put 3 on the centerline, high in the superstruction that way they can engage targets on both beams. I left the RAM as they were. I kept the guns.
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Slade,
One of the problems with your designs (leaving aside the concept itself) is that they don't take main gun blast into account.
The easiest way to mitigate this major problem would be to concentrate your main battery forward, and locate blast-sensitive items (VLS, radar / sensors, aviation facilities, etc...) aft.
In case you wish to further investigate issues related to blast overpressure, I'd suggest you take a look at these documents :
1. 16-Inch Gunblast Experiments, by J. Yagla, NSWC Dahlgren, February 1989 (ref. NSWC-TR-88-407).
2. Sixteen-Inch Gun Blast and the Battleship Reactivation Program, by J. Yagla, Naval Engineers Journal, Vol. 99, Issue #3, 1987.
3. Gun Blast from Naval Guns, by M.F. Walther, Naval Weapons Lab. Dahlgren, August 1972 (ref. NWL-TR-2733).