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  • #16
    another batch

    Here is my artists conception of Hitler's H45 and a post war BBV, plus the hull of my BB77 USS Oregon (lastest encarnation)
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    • #17
      A finished version

      Replaced the PC, got some new hardware - a not PC :)...Spent some time changing, correcting adding and illustrating, I think the story is finnished -- of course I'm probably wrong ;), but there are more battleship battles, Hitler gets gutshot (with a Luger of course) -- before he is nuked and bottled...

      I'm hoping for feedback -- I hope you enjoy it
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      • #18
        Here are some new drawings,


        Compact BB (WWII type)

        Heavy monitor(WWII type)


        Heavy BB WWII type

        Torpedo gun boat (WWII type)


        this is a modern heavy gun BB idea ~ 50,000 tons - 8 x 18"/60 AGS
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        • #19
          jet drive battleship?
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          • #20
            heavy 18" gun bb

            Super heavy WWII type BB
            Armor 12" belt @ 20 deg, 10" deck, 16" turrets

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            • #21
              A note about the drawings: in designing these never were ships it helps me to understand the problems the designers faced - fitting everything in, and allowing for protection and arcs of fire, while maintaining balence and proper weight distribution. These are not proposals for a new ship the navy should build today or even yesterday, they are exploring what might have been or what could be.
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              • #22
                farther out




                A massive super carrier with C-130's aboard
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                • #23


                  http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/pic...tml#post786271
                  http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/pic...tml#post784699

                  http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/pic...tml#post785302
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                  • #24
                    NGFS cruiser



                    20k tons, 600' x 80' x 27'
                    150 k SHP diesel/gas turbine 4 screws

                    weapons
                    2 x 16"/50 AGS (single two gun turret) aft superfiring
                    2 x 8"/55 AGS (two single gun turrets) aft
                    144 VLS tubes foward
                    2 x 8 cell seasparrow - superstructure
                    2 x 35mm goalkeeper mounts - superstructure
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                    Last edited by USSWisconsin; 14 Mar 11,, 19:46.
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                    • #25
                      A fictional 1944 "Battle of Tsushima"

                      A draft of a fictional 1944 BB battle story - Alternate history
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                      • #26
                        a few older drawings:


                        Battleship design: 1946 type, 90,000 tons std disp, 1000'x150'x36' 400,000 HP, six shafts, 32 knots, range 15,000 nm @ 20 knots. Armament: 15x16"50 (5x3), 32x90mm (16x2)/55, 120x40mm (20x6), 6 aircraft, two in deck catapults - armor: 10" deck, 14" belt, 16" conning tower 45% of displacement is armor



                        Battleship Design: 50,000 tons std displ. 212,000 SHP, 4 shafts, 30 knots, 720'x128'x32'. 12x16"/50 (4x3), 24x5"/38 (12x2), 104x40mm/56 (26x4). Armor: 7" deck, 12" belt@ 18 deg, 15" conning tower, 35% of displacemnt is armor.



                        Battleship design: 80,000 tons std disp. 280,000 SHP, four shafts, 30 knots, 12,000 nm @ 20 knots, 960'x136'x36'. 10x18"/47 (2x2, 2x3), 22 x 5"/54 (11x2), 104 x 40mm/56 (26x4). Armor: 8" deck, 13.5" belt @ 20deg, 40% of disp is armor.
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                        • #27
                          A another WWII design



                          A new fictional WWII BB painting, in progress - the pencil drawing - the finished watercolor version later...

                          Rough spec's: 12x18"/55 guns, 24x120mm/60, 144x 40mm/60, 90,000 tons, 900'x158'x32', 14" belt, 10" deck, 24" turret faces, 30 knots, 6 screws, 360,000 SHP, 400 marines w/landing boats - launched from transom stern port. No aircraft facilities.
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                          • #28
                            I keep thinking: wow, what a nice fat target for subs/aircraft...

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by jlvfr View Post
                              I keep thinking: wow, what a nice fat target for subs/aircraft...
                              Same for any large warship though - carriers are more far vulnerable then something like this - and this beast is equipped to make the aircraft fight for their lives (~188 AA guns), she also has a 30' deep TDS. It wouldn't be alone either, there would be a big screen of destroyers and CAP from the carriers with her. The Yamato class would be very sorry to run into one of these. Of course this is a design exercise - I am not suggesting it should have been built, they made the best choices in real life (build more carriers), this is an ultimate BB idea, which would never have been built.

                              http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/bat...tml#post785849
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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by USSWisconsin View Post
                                Same for any large warship though - carriers are more far vulnerable then something like this - and this beast is equipped to make the aircraft fight for their lives (~188 AA guns)
                                Yeah well... 1 obsolete Swordfish was enough to cripple the Bismarck...

                                And remember the Fritz X. 3 were enough for the Roma...

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