WesWorld

Currently underway at New Orleans, the refit converts her to oil, gives her new engines, torpedo bulges, and AAA. The refit was described as "less extensive" than her Filipino counterpart so I didn't modify the secondary armament. There wasn't much room to work with, so some of the weapons, especially the AA, look rather crowded. I could possibly move them to the turret tops.

Santa Anna (ex-USS Idaho), Mexican (ex-US) Battleship laid down 1904 (Engine 1927)

Displacement:
11,321 t light; 11,942 t standard; 12,346 t normal; 12,670 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
382.00 ft / 382.00 ft x 77.00 ft (Bulges 83.00 ft) x 21.00 ft (normal load)
116.43 m / 116.43 m x 23.47 m (Bulges 25.30 m) x 6.40 m

Armament:
4 - 12.00" / 305 mm guns (2x2 guns), 864.00lbs / 391.90kg shells, 1904 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread
8 - 8.00" / 203 mm guns (4x2 guns), 256.00lbs / 116.12kg shells, 1904 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on side, all amidships
12 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns in single mounts, 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1926 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, 4 raised mounts - superfiring
8 guns in hull casemates - Limited use in heavy seas
4 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns in single mounts, 13.50lbs / 6.12kg shells, 1926 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on centreline, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 6,308 lbs / 2,861 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 100

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 9.00" / 229 mm 237.00 ft / 72.24 m 10.53 ft / 3.21 m
Ends: 4.00" / 102 mm 145.00 ft / 44.20 m 10.53 ft / 3.21 m
Upper: 4.00" / 102 mm 237.00 ft / 72.24 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 95 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
2.00" / 51 mm 222.00 ft / 67.67 m 20.21 ft / 6.16 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 5.00" / 127 mm 10.0" / 254 mm
2nd: 6.50" / 165 mm 2.60" / 66 mm 6.00" / 152 mm

- Armour deck: 4.00" / 102 mm, Conning tower: 9.00" / 229 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 25,392 shp / 18,943 Kw = 21.00 kts
Range 6,000nm at 10.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 727 tons

Complement:
585 - 761

Cost:
£1.171 million / $4.683 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 789 tons, 6.4 %
Armour: 4,894 tons, 39.6 %
- Belts: 1,605 tons, 13.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 332 tons, 2.7 %
- Armament: 1,188 tons, 9.6 %
- Armour Deck: 1,666 tons, 13.5 %
- Conning Tower: 104 tons, 0.8 %
Machinery: 802 tons, 6.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4,737 tons, 38.4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,025 tons, 8.3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 100 tons, 0.8 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
17,456 lbs / 7,918 Kg = 20.2 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 3.8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.02
Metacentric height 3.5 ft / 1.1 m
Roll period: 18.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.63
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.03

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.649
Length to Beam Ratio: 4.60 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 19.54 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 60 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 68
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
- Forecastle (23 %): 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Mid (71 %): 20.00 ft / 6.10 m (12.00 ft / 3.66 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (18 %): 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
- Stern: 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Average freeboard: 18.85 ft / 5.75 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 95.1 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 138.4 %
Waterplane Area: 22,512 Square feet or 2,091 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 96 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 149 lbs/sq ft or 728 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.89
- Longitudinal: 2.64
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform

She doesn't strike me as very impressive, but then she and her sister ship were not all that impressive when they were built...being sold to Greece historically only a handful of years after being commissioned in the U.S. Navy.

I like the combinedfleet.com version of these ships...rearmed with 14 inch guns and used primarily for shore bombardments as the "Best ship in the Marine Corp". Of course they were renamed for the smallest states in that one: Rhode Island and Delaware...too bad its illegal to do that here.

Still, working with what you have is good, especially for such a small power like Mexico.

I like her. When did the Americans stop using cage masts on new or rebuilt ships?

Jane's says that the New York-class got their tripods in 1926, while the Nevadas were done from 1927 to 1929. So in Wesworld, full use of the tripod might not be fully in use yet. Or the Americans are finding a use for an older mast that they still had laying around.

Another concern about the tripod was weight, I believe they were heavier than a lattice mast. Frankly I'd have rather worked with the Connecticut Class instead of the Mississippi's. Plus the design was intended to look like the refit Florida's, only smaller.

Hmm, wonder if Columbia bought any of the Connecticuts? :-)

Excellent rework - I think you would have been better off to remove the casement guns and replace the 8" secondary battery with 6" guns.
Or replace all the 6" & 5" with 5"/38 twin mounts.
Or remove the 8" guns, leave the casement 5" and use the secondary battery space for more DP guns.

... looks like a battleship that someone ran into a huge rocky wall and got hit from behind by another battleship!!
XD

Regretfully all my Connecticuts went to the Great Dry Dock in the Sky. Remember them next time you buy Burma Shave because you've probably got part of one in your razor.