I've been debating the usefulness and possiblness of a modern battleship on another forum. This is how it's specs would read. I designed it, and I do believe it is perfect. Does anyone want to talk about what kind of tactics it should or could use? Have any tips on its design? I have an entire doctrine devoted to this type of ship.
Carrier Group:
x1 CVY or Nimitz Class Carrier
x3 DD(X) Class Destroyer
x 3 Ticonderoga Missile Cruiser
x3 Exalibur Class Advanced Battleship
x2 Virginia Class Attack Sub
x1 SeaWolf Class Attack Sub
Exalibur Class Advanced Battleship-
Role: Multi-Mission Surface Warfare/ Blue Water Patrol
Fleet Characteristic: Carrier Group/ Surface Combat Group/ Tactical Battleship Group
Length: 611 ft.
Beam: 79 ft.
Tonnage: 33,000 Tons
Tumblehome Hull design
30 Water tight bulkheads of computerized control
Armor:
Double Hull: For Advanced Survivability (Armor accounts for both inner and outter hull total)
Outer Hull- Titanium/ Tungsten Alloy Sheeted Steel
Explosive Reactive Armor enhanced
Side: 722mm
Deck: 380mm
Turrent: 645mm
*The reason the armor is so high is because it's a double hull design. However the smal amount of space between the hulls will be filled with blocks of kevlar anti-ballistic material. The ER protection can either go on the outside or in the middle space with the kevlar on the interior side.
Crew: 202-369
Tonnage: 33,000 tons
Possibly compadible with Aegis Combat System
Armament:
x9 Advanced Gun system 16" (406mm)/ .60 Deck guns in 4 triple gun turrents
-Will fire Depleted Uranium GPS guided 16" shells.
-x6 (3 twin tubes) carrying Mk. 48 533 mm torpedoes
Close-In Gun System (CIGS)-
x 10
BAE Systems Land and Armaments 57mm Mk 110 naval gun.
x16 155mm AGS Single Turrents
-Will fire GPS/IR guided 155mm shells
The CIGS is highly effective against incoming missiles and aircraft.
Peripheral Vertical Launch System-
The solution consists of 50 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
-SeaWolf Block 2
The Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile and SeaWolf Missile are both designed to intercept aircraft/ artillary shells and hostile missiles. Combined with the CIGS it makes an effective protective "sheild" although not perfect obviously, still very effective. Combined with the advanced armor survivability is very high.
RADAR:
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.
I used this radar system because it's designed to be highly effective against pop-up style attacks and aerial threats. The biggest threat to a Battleship.
Propulsion:
I've equipped my vessel with MERMAID electrical pods, these give the vessel 360 degrees of movement without a rudder and can operate independantly. Direct hits can no longer disable a rudder or prop. shaft. Greatly increases survivability and fuel efficiency.
6 Alstor MERMAID electrical pods @30MW each
Cruise Speed: 31 kts
Top Speed: 41 kts
The new Exalibur Class Advanced Battleship is part of a modern naval fleet, including carrier groups.
Carrier Group:
x1 CVY or Nimitz Class Carrier
x3 DD(X) Class Destroyer
x 3 Ticonderoga Missile Cruiser
x3 Exalibur Class Advanced Battleship
x2 Virginia Class Attack Sub
x1 SeaWolf Class Attack Sub
Exalibur Class Advanced Battleship-
Role: Multi-Mission Surface Warfare/ Blue Water Patrol
Fleet Characteristic: Carrier Group/ Surface Combat Group/ Tactical Battleship Group
Length: 611 ft.
Beam: 79 ft.
Tonnage: 33,000 Tons
Tumblehome Hull design
30 Water tight bulkheads of computerized control
Armor:
Double Hull: For Advanced Survivability (Armor accounts for both inner and outter hull total)
Outer Hull- Titanium/ Tungsten Alloy Sheeted Steel
Explosive Reactive Armor enhanced
Side: 722mm
Deck: 380mm
Turrent: 645mm
*The reason the armor is so high is because it's a double hull design. However the smal amount of space between the hulls will be filled with blocks of kevlar anti-ballistic material. The ER protection can either go on the outside or in the middle space with the kevlar on the interior side.
Crew: 202-369
Tonnage: 33,000 tons
Possibly compadible with Aegis Combat System
Armament:
x9 Advanced Gun system 16" (406mm)/ .60 Deck guns in 4 triple gun turrents
-Will fire Depleted Uranium GPS guided 16" shells.
-x6 (3 twin tubes) carrying Mk. 48 533 mm torpedoes
Close-In Gun System (CIGS)-
x 10
BAE Systems Land and Armaments 57mm Mk 110 naval gun.
x16 155mm AGS Single Turrents
-Will fire GPS/IR guided 155mm shells
The CIGS is highly effective against incoming missiles and aircraft.
Peripheral Vertical Launch System-
The solution consists of 50 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
-SeaWolf Block 2
The Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile and SeaWolf Missile are both designed to intercept aircraft/ artillary shells and hostile missiles. Combined with the CIGS it makes an effective protective "sheild" although not perfect obviously, still very effective. Combined with the advanced armor survivability is very high.
RADAR:
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.
I used this radar system because it's designed to be highly effective against pop-up style attacks and aerial threats. The biggest threat to a Battleship.
Propulsion:
I've equipped my vessel with MERMAID electrical pods, these give the vessel 360 degrees of movement without a rudder and can operate independantly. Direct hits can no longer disable a rudder or prop. shaft. Greatly increases survivability and fuel efficiency.
6 Alstor MERMAID electrical pods @30MW each
Cruise Speed: 31 kts
Top Speed: 41 kts
The new Exalibur Class Advanced Battleship is part of a modern naval fleet, including carrier groups.
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