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Quoted Originally posted by Brockpaine It would be akin to the layout of the later-model USN AA cruisers. CL-119 Juneau was a source of inspiration.
After a year of not playing around with SS, I thought I'd give it another go. I put this together while watching the first half of the Nigeria/South Korea match today. A drawing will be underway when I get home from work. Note- British Grand Pacific is my NS nation. ----- Princeton, British Grand Pacific CLAA laid down 1939 Displacement: 6,834 t light; 7,199 t standard; 7,801 t normal; 8,283 t full load Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught 614.19 ft / 604.00 ft x 58.00 ft x 18.00 ...
A bit of a gravedig here... sorry, but I felt compelled to post as part of my learning curve. Quoted Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length): - Stem: 23.75 ft / 7.24 m - Forecastle (17 %): 20.64 ft / 6.29 m - Mid (50 %): 20.64 ft / 6.29 m - Quarterdeck (19 %): 20.64 ft / 6.29 m - Stern: 30.97 ft / 9.44 m - Average freeboard: 21.83 ft / 6.65 m Ship tends to be wet forward I'd flip those two values around (as it is, the 'back' is taller than the 'front'). I believe tha...
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When filling out the AS Mortar/Depth Charge fields, does Number and Reloads mean systems and system reloads, or the actual number of mortars and depth charges? For example, if I want a single Hedgehog mortar, would that be one or twenty-four, since that is how many mortars it carried? Would the reloads then be six sets of twenty-four, or the actual two hundred eighty-eight individual mortars?
Quoted Originally posted by HoOmAn For a ´39er design she is rather heavily armed. Have you tried a deck plan to see if you can find enough deckspace for all those guns? Those large TT tubes eat up a lot of room and you have quite some AA mounts to place too. Add (two?) funnels, boats, searchlights, masts, bridge and enough room for her crew.... I have not drawn a plan view, but having taken inspiration from the Keeling Isl class (bottom of page), I assumed there would be room.
Roger that. I was worried that it was a case of too good to be true. Like I said, she became a product of design insecurity. Aside from speed and fuel, how is it looking? Am I designing within acceptable limits? Is the armament looking balanced?
OK, let me have it. Just don't laugh too loudly. Quoted DBL39 class, Large Destroyer Leader laid down 1939 Displacement: 1,864 t light; 2,009 t standard; 2,982 t normal; 3,759 t full load Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep) (416.00 ft / 410.00 ft) x 42.00 ft x (15.00 / 17.47 ft) (126.80 m / 124.97 m) x 12.80 m x (4.57 / 5.32 m) Armament: 6 - 5.00" / 127 mm 38.0 cal guns - 59.33lbs / 26.91kg shells, 320 per gun Dual purpose guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1939 M...
Quoted Originally posted by HoOmAn I´m curious to see how you managed all that on 2000 tons. I expect a design not in line with our rules here but probably you can suprise me. :o) After double-checking the Design Rules for Gentlemen, I found that I did break a rule. Cross sectional strength is 0.48, just below the 0.50 allowance. D'oh! Quick question: are the rules based on standard tonnage or normal? I assumed standard, but thought I should double check.
I started out designing an economical ocean-going escort, but got hung up on "design insecurities." The size came from various comfort concerns. It has taken on many cruiser traits- 31 knots max, 9000 nm @ 20 knots, excellent accommodation, adequate machinery space, excellent seaboat. I'd post it, but it's on the home machine and only 50% drawn. I think I could call this a Large Destroyer Leader or maybe even Contradestroyer Leader.
Newbie Alert! At what point does a destroyer become a light cruiser? I have a sim I've been working on that has reached 416' overall length, 3900 tons maximum displacement (2000 tons standard), and mounts six 5"/38 guns and a total of twenty 21" torpedoes (including reloads). Would I be in the realm of a destroyer leader at this point, or a light cruiser?
Quoted Originally posted by thesmilingassassin Perhaps a single funnel would make her less cramped?, not that she is now but.. I can't find the sarcasm toggle in my profile preferences. Are you saying her deck is too crowded, or not?
A kit bash of the Tethys. This was done in the car with a finger pad, so it's definitely butter faced. One of these days I'll do a proper drawing, although I'm not sure if it'll be Shipbucket or original. (Original art by Jonnio at The Shipping Channel)
So moral of the story is that I have the naval equivalent of a puppy, and that said puppy needs its secondaries fixed?
Here she is with 4" secondaries. I was able to squeeze another third of a knot speed out of her and cut nearly 400 tons off light displacement. Source code 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 ...
I was basing the 5.25 on 5.25"/50 QF Mark I which was DP. I figured it was ok to fudge in service dates a bit. Perhaps QF vs DP on SS is a tomato-tomahto situation? The lighter AA was meant to be more in line with that found on as-built Didos, which means pom-poms and Vickers .50 machine guns. I'm up feeding the baby, so maybe I'll take the time to crunch some different guns. I appreciate the feedback.
Quoted Originally posted by ShinRa_Inc We allocate the Miscellaneous Weight statistic to account for various equipment not accountable in Springsharp itself (Torpedo reloads, ASW gear, Electronics, Aviation, etc). Misc weight can also be reserved for future growth; Very few players have designs with excess hull strength, as there's almost always something worth improving; either improving the stats like Speed or Range, or finessing the displacement values to be smaller; the less Light Displacem...
I had to stretch her out a bit, but she gained longer legs and a bit over two knots. Setting the trim to 56 gave her the "steady gun platform" rating. Are there guidelines concerning trim? Also, is it safe to assume that having >1.0 composite means growth potential? Source code 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77...
I've tinkered with SS once or twice and have drawn a couple small destroyers for Shipbucket (US Gleaves and Porter classes), but I've never been part of an actual design board. I'm eager to learn the ropes, and hopefully to contribute to your community. Here's my first submission for your consideration: Source code 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 ...
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