Heavy battleships
The scan lacks detail - the sky especially - it doesn't look anything like what we see here
Specs: 90,000 tons std disp. 990'x148'x30' Note the bulbous underwater hull form - shown at light load here
5 x~20', 130 rpm screws, 3 large rudders, 350,000 SHP, 10 boilers @ 900 psi, 900 deg F, 10 turbines - paired on triple reduction gears
32 knots, 700 yrd tactical radius @ 25 knots, 18,000 nm @ 20 knots, 12,000 nm @ 25 knots, 8,000 nm @ 30 knots
Armor: 18" gun protection, 2000# bomb protection @ 10,000', 24" torpedo protection (up to 3 hits w/o mission kill)
12x 17.7"/55 (4x3) Main Battery (45 deg max elevation)
28 x 5.4"/50 (14x2) DP (80 deg max elevation)
56 x 66mm/70 (14x4) AA VHMG (89 deg max elevation)
7 x 25mm/85 (7x1) anti boat HMG's- for close defense from PT boats or torpedo bomber AA (60 deg max elevation)
2 x Loon Launchers (8 Loons w/2200# warheads -improved V-1 copy)
detail of the tubular skegs and protected center prop
This 15 gun HBB has B turret only slightly above A turrets ( ~ 7') - to train forward, its three 17.7"/55 guns must be elevated
The scan lacks detail - the sky especially - it doesn't look anything like what we see here
Specs: 90,000 tons std disp. 990'x148'x30' Note the bulbous underwater hull form - shown at light load here
5 x~20', 130 rpm screws, 3 large rudders, 350,000 SHP, 10 boilers @ 900 psi, 900 deg F, 10 turbines - paired on triple reduction gears
32 knots, 700 yrd tactical radius @ 25 knots, 18,000 nm @ 20 knots, 12,000 nm @ 25 knots, 8,000 nm @ 30 knots
Armor: 18" gun protection, 2000# bomb protection @ 10,000', 24" torpedo protection (up to 3 hits w/o mission kill)
12x 17.7"/55 (4x3) Main Battery (45 deg max elevation)
28 x 5.4"/50 (14x2) DP (80 deg max elevation)
56 x 66mm/70 (14x4) AA VHMG (89 deg max elevation)
7 x 25mm/85 (7x1) anti boat HMG's- for close defense from PT boats or torpedo bomber AA (60 deg max elevation)
2 x Loon Launchers (8 Loons w/2200# warheads -improved V-1 copy)
detail of the tubular skegs and protected center prop
This 15 gun HBB has B turret only slightly above A turrets ( ~ 7') - to train forward, its three 17.7"/55 guns must be elevated
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