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Tuesday, May 4th 2010, 5:47pm

Us Lsd

And here's an LSD:

USS Ashland, United States Landing Ship Dock laid down 1940

Displacement:
4,278 t light; 4,402 t standard; 5,570 t normal; 6,504 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(460.11 ft / 457.75 ft) x 72.00 ft x (9.10 / 10.34 ft)
(140.24 m / 139.52 m) x 21.95 m x (2.77 / 3.15 m)

Armament:
1 - 5.00" / 127 mm 38.0 cal gun - 55.01lbs / 24.95kg shells, 300 per gun
Dual purpose gun in deck mount, 1940 Model
1 x Single mount on centreline, forward deck forward
1 raised mount
16 - 1.10" / 27.9 mm 83.0 cal guns - 0.76lbs / 0.35kg shells, 600 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1940 Model
4 x Quad mounts on sides, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 67 lbs / 30 kg

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.00" / 25 mm - -
2nd: 0.50" / 13 mm - -

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 9,938 shp / 7,414 Kw = 18.50 kts
Range 10,567nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,102 tons

Complement:
322 - 419

Cost:
£1.147 million / $4.589 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 16 tons, 0.3 %
- Guns: 16 tons, 0.3 %
Armour: 4 tons, 0.1 %
- Armament: 4 tons, 0.1 %
Machinery: 266 tons, 4.8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,342 tons, 42.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,292 tons, 23.2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 1,650 tons, 29.6 %
- Hull below water: 1,650 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
26,365 lbs / 11,959 Kg = 421.8 x 5.0 " / 127 mm shells or 4.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.88
Metacentric height 8.4 ft / 2.6 m
Roll period: 10.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 79 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.59

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck,
a normal bow and large transom stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.650 / 0.668
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.36 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 24.94 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 37 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 5.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 20.00 %, 27.00 ft / 8.23 m, 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 18.00 ft / 5.49 m, 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Aft deck: 35.00 %, 18.00 ft / 5.49 m, 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 18.00 ft / 5.49 m, 18.00 ft / 5.49 m
- Average freeboard: 18.72 ft / 5.71 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 49.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 280.5 %
Waterplane Area: 26,341 Square feet or 2,447 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 250 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 73 lbs/sq ft or 357 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.97
- Longitudinal: 1.32
- Overall: 1.00
Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
Excellent accommodation and workspace room
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

Based closely on the historical USS Ashland. At full load displacement with water in the well deck, draft increases to 16 feet, speed drops to 17 knots, range to 8055 nm, and seakeeping to 1.03.

150 tons cranes and machine shops.

Well deck capacity:
3 LCT each w/5 medium tanks or
2 LCT each w/12 medium tanks or
14 LCM each w/1 medium tank or
1500 tons cargo or
47 DUKW or
41 LVT or
other combinations up to capacity

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Tuesday, May 4th 2010, 6:44pm

Remember that with landing ship docks, we can use the method discussed here to sim and build the ships.