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I've been working on a advanced battleship that goes above and beyond the WW2 big battleships, while offering more to the U.S Navy. Compared to a 13 billion dollar nimitz carrier and a2 billion DD(X) for a very accurate price of 6.1 billion dollars this ship offer more for it's price. Capable of sustaining tremendous damage, with backeup systems and heavier guns than the original montana I've designed hopefully what will be the next step in my research on this subject of the Advanced Battleship as I have come to call this concept.
Montana X Class BB(X)-70, U.S Advanced Battleship laid down 2005
Displacement:
86,050 t light; 87,826 t standard; 88,784 t normal; 89,550 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
927.00 ft / 895.00 ft x 124.00 ft x 28.00 ft (normal load)
282.55 m / 272.80 m x 37.80 m x 8.53 m
Armament:
12 - 18.10" / 460 mm guns (4x3 guns), 2,964 lbs / 1,344 kg shells, 2005 Model AGS
Breech loading guns in Coles/Ericsson turrets
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 3 raised mounts
8 - 6.10" / 155 mm guns in single mounts, 113.62 lbs / 51.54 kg shells, 2005 AGS Model
Breech loading guns in Coles/Ericsson turrets
on side, all amidships
6 - 8.00" / 203 mm guns (2x3 guns), 256.00lbs / 116.12 kg shells, 2005 AGS Model
Breech loading guns in Coles/Ericsson turrets
on centreline ends, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 38,023 lbs / 17,247 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
18- 57mm BAE Land and Armaments CIWS
8-Submerged 650mm ADCAP Torpedo Launchers
Peripheral Vertical Launch System-
The solution consists of 65 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
x6 MRLS 12 cell box units on retracting mounts
x12 UAV systems supported
Posseses Theater Missile Defense.
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 18.9" / 480 mm 578.50 ft / 176.33 m 12.87 ft / 3.92 m
Ends: 12.0" / 305 mm 311.48 ft / 94.94 m 12.87 ft / 3.92 m
5.02 ft / 1.53 m Unarmoured ends
Upper: 18.9" / 480 mm 578.50 ft / 176.33 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 99 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
17.2" / 437 mm 578.50 ft / 176.33 m 25.49 ft / 7.77 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 16.0" / 406 mm 14.0" / 356 mm -
2nd: 9.00" / 229 mm 9.00" / 229 mm -
3rd: 10.0" / 254 mm 10.0" / 254 mm -
- Armour deck: 9.00" / 229 mm
All armor composed of HSLA-100 Steel, the new Naval steel which is stronger than conventional carbon steel, and has a yield of 150 ksi.
The hull is a double hull design. The between hull space is filled with kevlar bricks, to prevent armor splintering and protect further against shaped warheads.
Armor is sheeted with a Titanium layer.
Machinery:
Nuclear Power
Electric motors, 14 Mermaid Pods, 633,607 shp / 472,671 Kw = 37.90 kts
Range 200,000 nm at 31.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,724 tons
Complement:
289-323
Cost:
$6.107 billion
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Armour: 42,125 tons, 47.4 %
- Belts: 11,766 tons, 13.3 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 9,384 tons, 10.6 %
- Armament: 1,173 tons, 1.3 %
- Armour Deck: 19,803 tons, 22.3 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 15,158 tons, 17.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 28,767 tons, 32.4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,734 tons, 3.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
107,506 lbs / 48,764 Kg = 36.3 x 18.1 " / 460 mm shells or 48.6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.58
Metacentric height 13.3 ft / 4.1 m
Roll period: 13.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 47 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.62
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 0.88
Hull form characteristics:
Tumblehome Hull design/ double hull with triple bottom
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 1.000
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.22 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 33.66 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 67 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 86
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 32.00 ft / 9.75 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 32.82 ft / 10.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 20.88 ft / 6.36 m
- Mid (50 %): 20.88 ft / 6.36 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 20.88 ft / 6.36 m
- Stern: 20.88 ft / 6.36 m
- Average freeboard: 21.84 ft / 6.66 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 67.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 184.0 %
Waterplane Area: 118,935 Square feet or 11,049 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 123 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 207 lbs/sq ft or 1,010 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.47
- Longitudinal: 0.79
- Overall: 0.92
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
SPY-3 with Aegis Mk7 Baseline 7.0b/CEC
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.
Rear Helo-deck can accomodate x3 AH-1 Super cobra gunships, however no hangar space is available to store them. Or a single Chinook can land for utility and cargo purposes. A cargo hatch is located just at the end of this Helo-pad. Munitions and cargo can be loaded directly to and from the helo-pad, and then transported to the munitions bunkers through a cargo lift located in this cargo bay.
Montana X Class BB(X)-70, U.S Advanced Battleship laid down 2005
Displacement:
86,050 t light; 87,826 t standard; 88,784 t normal; 89,550 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
927.00 ft / 895.00 ft x 124.00 ft x 28.00 ft (normal load)
282.55 m / 272.80 m x 37.80 m x 8.53 m
Armament:
12 - 18.10" / 460 mm guns (4x3 guns), 2,964 lbs / 1,344 kg shells, 2005 Model AGS
Breech loading guns in Coles/Ericsson turrets
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 3 raised mounts
8 - 6.10" / 155 mm guns in single mounts, 113.62 lbs / 51.54 kg shells, 2005 AGS Model
Breech loading guns in Coles/Ericsson turrets
on side, all amidships
6 - 8.00" / 203 mm guns (2x3 guns), 256.00lbs / 116.12 kg shells, 2005 AGS Model
Breech loading guns in Coles/Ericsson turrets
on centreline ends, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 38,023 lbs / 17,247 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
18- 57mm BAE Land and Armaments CIWS
8-Submerged 650mm ADCAP Torpedo Launchers
Peripheral Vertical Launch System-
The solution consists of 65 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
x6 MRLS 12 cell box units on retracting mounts
x12 UAV systems supported
Posseses Theater Missile Defense.
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 18.9" / 480 mm 578.50 ft / 176.33 m 12.87 ft / 3.92 m
Ends: 12.0" / 305 mm 311.48 ft / 94.94 m 12.87 ft / 3.92 m
5.02 ft / 1.53 m Unarmoured ends
Upper: 18.9" / 480 mm 578.50 ft / 176.33 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 99 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
17.2" / 437 mm 578.50 ft / 176.33 m 25.49 ft / 7.77 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 16.0" / 406 mm 14.0" / 356 mm -
2nd: 9.00" / 229 mm 9.00" / 229 mm -
3rd: 10.0" / 254 mm 10.0" / 254 mm -
- Armour deck: 9.00" / 229 mm
All armor composed of HSLA-100 Steel, the new Naval steel which is stronger than conventional carbon steel, and has a yield of 150 ksi.
The hull is a double hull design. The between hull space is filled with kevlar bricks, to prevent armor splintering and protect further against shaped warheads.
Armor is sheeted with a Titanium layer.
Machinery:
Nuclear Power
Electric motors, 14 Mermaid Pods, 633,607 shp / 472,671 Kw = 37.90 kts
Range 200,000 nm at 31.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 1,724 tons
Complement:
289-323
Cost:
$6.107 billion
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Armour: 42,125 tons, 47.4 %
- Belts: 11,766 tons, 13.3 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 9,384 tons, 10.6 %
- Armament: 1,173 tons, 1.3 %
- Armour Deck: 19,803 tons, 22.3 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 15,158 tons, 17.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 28,767 tons, 32.4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,734 tons, 3.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
107,506 lbs / 48,764 Kg = 36.3 x 18.1 " / 460 mm shells or 48.6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.58
Metacentric height 13.3 ft / 4.1 m
Roll period: 13.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 47 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.62
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 0.88
Hull form characteristics:
Tumblehome Hull design/ double hull with triple bottom
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 1.000
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.22 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 33.66 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 67 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 86
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 32.00 ft / 9.75 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 32.82 ft / 10.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 20.88 ft / 6.36 m
- Mid (50 %): 20.88 ft / 6.36 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 20.88 ft / 6.36 m
- Stern: 20.88 ft / 6.36 m
- Average freeboard: 21.84 ft / 6.66 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 67.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 184.0 %
Waterplane Area: 118,935 Square feet or 11,049 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 123 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 207 lbs/sq ft or 1,010 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.47
- Longitudinal: 0.79
- Overall: 0.92
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
SPY-3 with Aegis Mk7 Baseline 7.0b/CEC
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.
Rear Helo-deck can accomodate x3 AH-1 Super cobra gunships, however no hangar space is available to store them. Or a single Chinook can land for utility and cargo purposes. A cargo hatch is located just at the end of this Helo-pad. Munitions and cargo can be loaded directly to and from the helo-pad, and then transported to the munitions bunkers through a cargo lift located in this cargo bay.
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