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Japan's Naval Developments - Q1/1940

A. Industrial Allocation

27/27 factories producing warship material = 27,000 t. 3640 tons stockpiled materials available. 0 tons transferred to Japan. Total materials available: 30,640 t. 25,327 t are used. 5313 t materials stockpiled.

0/27 factories are dedicated to producing infrastructure material, = 0x 0.1 = 0.0 points.

B. Infrastructure Development

None.

C. Naval Construction


Kure Navy Yard, Kure (Honshu)
Slip V-1A => BB Kaerura Sanguwisu laid down 1/1/1940. Receives 600 tons.
Slip I-1A => idle.
Slip I-1B => idle.
Dock V-1A => CVA Junyo laid down 1/1/1940. Receives 600 tons.
Free-floating: BB Yamato no Kamatari receives 2000 tons.

Yokosuka Navy Yard, Yokosuka (Honshu)
Slip V-2A => CVA Hiyo laid down 1/1/1940. Receives 600 tons.
Slip I-2A => idle.
Slip I-2B => idle.
Dock 0-2A => idle.
Free-floating: BB Musashi no Toukichirou receives 2000 tons.

Kawasaki Co, Kobe (Honshu)
Slip V-3A => BB Shinano no Ryuen laid down 1/1/1940. Receives 600 tons.
Slip II-3A => idle.
Slip I-3A => idle.
Dock II-3A => idle.
Free-floating: CA Myoko receives 1725 tons.
Free-floating: CL Agano receives 448 tons. Completed 3/1/1940.


Mitsubushi Co, Nagasaki (Kyushu)
Slip V-4A => BB Echizen no Megumi laid down 1/1/1940. Receives 600 tons.
Slip II-4A => idle.
Slip I-4A => idle.
Dock II-4A => idle.
Free-floating: CA Takao receives 1725 tons.
Free-floating: CL Noshiro receives 448 tons. Completed 3/1/1940.


Fukuoka Navy Yard, Fukuoka (Kyushu)
Slip III-5A => idle.
Slip II-5A => idle.
Slip I-5A => idle.
Dock IV-5A =>
Free-floating: CV Taiyo receives 1710 tons.
Free-floating: CL Yahagi receives 448 tons. Completed 3/1/1940.

Hakodate Navy Yard, Hakodate (Hokkaido)
Slip III-6A => idle.
Slip II-6A => idle.
Slip I-6A => idle.
Free-floating: CV Unyo receives 1710 tons.
Free-floating: CL Sakawa receives 448 tons. Completed 3/1/1940.

Aomori Navy Yard, Aomori (Honshu)
Slip III-7A => idle.
Slip I-7A => idle.
Dock I-7A => idle.
Free-floating: CV Chuyo receives 1710 tons.

Kagoshima Navy Yard, Kagoshima (Kyushu)
Slip III-8A => idle.
Slip I-8A => idle.
Dock I-8A => idle.
Slip 0-8A => idle.
Slip 0-8B => idle.
Dock 0-8A => idle.
Free-floating: CV Unryu receives 2055 tons.

Wakayama Navy Yard, Wakayama (Honshu)
Slip III-9A => idle.
Slip I-9A => idle.
Dock I-9A => idle.
Free-floating: CA Ashigara receives 1725 tons.

Tokushima Navy Yard, Tokushima (Shikoku)
Slip III-10A => idle.
Slip I-10A => idle.
Dock I-10A => idle.
Free-floating: CA Maya receives 1725 tons.

Niigata Navy Yard, Niigata (Honshu)
Slip I-11A => idle.
Slip I-11B => idle.
Dock III-11A => CA Harugo receives 1725 tons.

Niihama Navy Yard, Niihama (Shikoku)
Slip I-12A => idle.
Slip I-12B => idle.
Dock III-12A => CA Atago receives 1725 tons.

Factory
-

D. Transactions
None.

E. Other Notes
Shokaku and Zuikaku starting shakedown cruises.


New units laid down this quarter:
Kaerura Sanguwisu, requiring 177561 tons 187 months.
Shinano and Echizen (Yamato class), each requiring 75000 tons and 84 months.
Hiyo and Junyo, each requiring 47,000 tons and 56 months.
Choukai and Nachi (Myoko class), each requiring 12,300 tons and 21.5 months.

Repairs.
None

Refits
None.

F. Updated Order of Battle, 3/31/40

Note: X (Y)+Z = completed (under repair/refit) + under construction

Battleships: 12(0)+5
Battlecruisers: 3(0)+0
Large Cruisers: 4(0)+0
Heavy Cruisers: 9(0)+8
Light Cruisers: 53(0)+0
Large Aircraft Carriers: 2(0)+2
Aircraft Carriers: 4(0)+1
Light Aircraft Carriers: 2(0)+3
Destroyer Leader: 18(0)+0
Destroyers class 1: 15(0)+0
Destroyers class 2: 74(0)+0
Destroyers class 3: 208(15)+0
Ocean Going Submarines: 41(0)+0
Coastal Submarines: 142(0)+0
Midget Submarines: 135(0)+0
Coast Defense Vessels: 12(0)+0
Training carrier: 1(0)+0
Training Cruisers: 3(0)+0
Gunboats: 38(0)+0
Minelayers: 27(0)+0
Minesweepers: 18(0)+0
Submarine Chasers class 1: 30(0)+0
Submarine Chasers class 2: 42(0)+0
Corvettes: 30(0)+0
Patrol boats: 111(0)+0
MPV: 9(0)+0
CCB: 10(0)+0
MTB: 439(0)+0
Amphibious Warfare Ships 313(0)+0
Exploration ships: 2(0)+0
Museum ships: 4(0)+0

Foreign orders:
None


Edit (1/16/11): corrected the report so the stockpiled materials available for this quarter matches the revised stockpile from the previous one (3640 tons instead of 9440 tons). Changed Shokaku/Zuikaku status from 'continuing shakedown cruise' to 'starting shakedown cruise'.

Chosen's Naval Developments - Q1/1940

A. Industrial Allocation

0/2 factories producing warship material = 0 t. 0t stockpiled materials available. 0t are used, 0 tons materials stockpiled.

2/2 factories are dedicated to producing infrastructure material = 0.2

B. Infrastructure Development
0.2 points spent on expanding type 1.5 slip at Ryojun to type 2. 0.0 points still needed.

C. Naval Construction

Ryojun
S1.5: expanding.
S1: idle.
S0: idle.
D1: idle..
D1: idle.

D. Transactions
None

E. Other Notes

New units laid down this quarter:
None.

F. Updated Order of Battle, 3/31/40

Note: X (Y)+Z = completed (under repair/refit) + under construction

Battle Cruiser: 1(0)+0
Carrier: 1(0)+0
Heavy Cruiser: 1(0)+0
Armored Cruiser: 1(0)+0
1st class Cruiser: 2(0)+0
Light Cruiser: 3(0)+0
2nd class Cruiser: 3(0)+0
Protected Cruiser: 4(0)+0
Monitor: 2(0)+0
Gunboats: 2(0)+0
River Gunboats: 7(0)+0
Destroyers 2nd class: 13(0)+0
Destroyers 3rd class: 6(0)+0
TPB 1st class: 6(0)+0
TPB 2nd class: 7(0)+0

Pacifica's Naval Developments - Q1/1940

A. Industrial Allocation

1/1 factories producing warship material = 1000 t. 0 tons stockpiled materials available. 0 t are used, 0 tons materials stockpiled.

0/1 factories are dedicated to producing infrastructure material = 0.0

B. Infrastructure Development
None.

C. Naval Construction

Agana (Guam)
S0.5: P1 laid down 1/1/1940. Receives 250 tons. Launched 3/20/1940.
D1.5: P2 laid down 1/1/1940. Receives 250 tons. Launched 3/20/1940.
D1: P3 laid down 1/1/1940. Receives 250 tons. Launched 3/20/1940.
D0: P4 laid down 1/1/1940. Receives 250 tons. Launched 3/20/1940.

D. Transactions
None

E. Other Notes

New units laid down this quarter:
P1-P4, each requiring 350 tons and 5 months.

F. Updated Order of Battle, 3/31/40

Note: X (Y)+Z = completed (under repair/refit) + under construction

Armored Cruiser: 1(0)+0
Light Cruiser: 2(0)+0
Destroyers: 3(0)+0
TPB/DDE: 2(0)+0
Patrol Ships: 4(0)+0
Coastal Submarines 0(0)+4

IC-IV-P, Pacifica Coastal Submarine laid down 1940
Modified Japanese IC-IV submarine design.

Ships: P-1, P-2, P-3, P-4.

Displacement:
350 t light; 358 t standard; 387 t normal; 411 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
135.00 ft / 135.00 ft x 18.60 ft x 12.00 ft (normal load)
41.15 m / 41.15 m x 5.67 m x 3.66 m

Armament:
1 - 0.98" / 25.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.57lbs / 0.26kg shells, 1940 Model
Anti-aircraft gun in deck mount
on centreline forward
1 - 0.52" / 13.2 mm guns in single mounts, 0.09lbs / 0.04kg shells, 1940 Model
Machine gun in deck mount
on centreline amidships, 1 raised gun
Weight of broadside 1 lbs / 0 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 1,500
3 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm submerged torpedo tubes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 1.30" / 33 mm 10.00 ft / 3.05 m 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 11% of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces

- Armour deck: 0.67" / 17 mm

Machinery:
Diesel Internal combustion engines plus batteries,
Electric cruising motors plus geared drives, 2 shafts, 527 shp / 393 Kw = 12.70 kts
Range 7,000nm at 8.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 52 tons

Complement:
43 - 56

Cost:
£0.086 million / $0.343 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 0 tons, 0.0%
Armour: 33 tons, 8.6%
- Belts: 14 tons, 3.5%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0%
- Armament: 0 tons, 0.0%
- Armour Deck: 20 tons, 5.1%
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0%
Machinery: 14 tons, 3.6%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 227 tons, 58.7%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 38 tons, 9.7%
Miscellaneous weights: 75 tons, 19.4%

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
285 lbs / 129 Kg = 598.7 x 1.0 " / 25 mm shells or 0.5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.05
Metacentric height 0.4 ft / 0.1 m
Roll period: 11.8 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 0 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.00
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 0.00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.450
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.26 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 11.62 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 47 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
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: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Forecastle (20%): 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Mid (50%): 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15%): 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Stern: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Average freeboard: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 69.5%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 0.0%
Waterplane Area: 1,602 Square feet or 149 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 283%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 93 lbs/sq ft or 453 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 3.67
- Longitudinal: 3.94
- Overall: 3.70
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is extremely poor
Ship has quick, lively roll, not a steady gun platform
Caution: Lacks seaworthiness - very limited seakeeping ability


Main belt used to sim 8 Type 89 torpedoes (14 tons)
Deck armor used to sim sonar (20 tons)

65 tons - ballast
10 tons Ninjatousaya System
75 tons

Diving depth: 370 feet
Emergency Depth: 555 feet
Crush Depth: 925 feet

Most will have seen the initial sim in the encyclopedia...

Kaerura Sanguwisu, Japan Battleship XXL laid down 1940


Displacement:
177,561 t light; 186,044 t standard; 215,696 t normal; 239,417 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(1,089.52 ft / 1,049.00 ft) x 190.00 ft (Bulges 210.00 ft) x (49.00 / 54.07 ft)
(332.08 m / 319.74 m) x 57.91 m (Bulges 64.01 m) x (14.94 / 16.48 m)

Armament:
15 - 18.11" / 460 mm 45.0 cal guns - 3,913.21lbs / 1,775.00kg shells, 100 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1940 Model
4 x 3-gun mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
2 raised mounts - superfiring
1 x 3-gun mount on centreline, forward deck aft
1 double raised mount
68 - 4.13" / 105 mm 50.0 cal guns - 34.00lbs / 15.42kg shells, 600 per gun
Auto rapid fire guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1940 Model
32 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
32 raised mounts
2 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
2 double raised mounts
64 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm 60.0 cal guns - 2.01lbs / 0.91kg shells, 800 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1940 Model
16 x Quad mounts on sides, evenly spread
8 raised mounts
168 - 0.98" / 25.0 mm 60.0 cal guns - 0.57lbs / 0.26kg shells, 1,500 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1940 Model
56 x Triple mounts on sides, evenly spread
12 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 61,234 lbs / 27,775 kg

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 17.9" / 454 mm 800.00 ft / 243.84 m 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
Ends: 18.0" / 457 mm 400.00 ft / 121.92 m 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
Upper: 2.25" / 57 mm 800.00 ft / 243.84 m 22.00 ft / 6.71 m
Main Belt covers 117% of normal length
Main Belt inclined 20.00 degrees (positive = in)

- Torpedo Bulkhead - Strengthened structural bulkheads:
3.00" / 76 mm 800.00 ft / 243.84 m 88.40 ft / 26.94 m
Beam between torpedo bulkheads 190.00 ft / 57.91 m

- Hull Bulges:
2.00" / 51 mm 800.00 ft / 243.84 m 50.00 ft / 15.24 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 26.0" / 660 mm 16.0" / 406 mm 22.0" / 559 mm
2nd: 3.00" / 76 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 2.00" / 51 mm
3rd: 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm -
4th: 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm -

- Armoured deck - multiple decks:
For and Aft decks: 16.00" / 406 mm
Forecastle: 4.00" / 102 mm Quarter deck: 8.00" / 203 mm

- Conning towers: Forward 26.00" / 660 mm, Aft 26.00" / 660 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, plus diesel motors,
Geared drive, 6 shafts, 383,989 shp / 286,456 Kw = 30.00 kts
Range 20,000nm at 20.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 53,372 tons

Complement:
5,003 - 6,505

Cost:
£72.798 million / $291.192 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 9,286 tons, 4.3%
- Guns: 9,286 tons, 4.3%
Armour: 94,871 tons, 44.0%
- Belts: 21,377 tons, 9.9%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 7,850 tons, 3.6%
- Bulges: 2,960 tons, 1.4%
- Armament: 18,129 tons, 8.4%
- Armour Deck: 40,526 tons, 18.8%
- Conning Towers: 4,029 tons, 1.9%
Machinery: 10,267 tons, 4.8%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 57,638 tons, 26.7%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 38,134 tons, 17.7%
Miscellaneous weights: 5,500 tons, 2.5%
- Hull below water: 1,000 tons
- Hull above water: 1,750 tons
- On freeboard deck: 1,750 tons
- Above deck: 1,000 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
635,479 lbs / 288,248 Kg = 214.0 x 18.1 " / 460 mm shells or 274.8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.40
Metacentric height 23.6 ft / 7.2 m
Roll period: 18.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.28
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.40

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck ,
an extended bulbous bow and small transom stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.699 / 0.704
Length to Beam Ratio: 5.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 35.52 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 51
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 40.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 2.00 ft / 0.61 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 31.00%, 45.90 ft / 13.99 m, 36.10 ft / 11.00 m
- Forward deck: 12.00%, 36.10 ft / 11.00 m, 41.00 ft / 12.50 m
- Aft deck: 42.00%, 41.00 ft / 12.50 m, 41.00 ft / 12.50 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00%, 34.10 ft / 10.39 m, 34.10 ft / 10.39 m
- Average freeboard: 39.37 ft / 12.00 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 37.6%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 252.5%
Waterplane Area: 163,905 Square feet or 15,227 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 132%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 319 lbs/sq ft or 1,556 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.94
- Longitudinal: 1.62
- Overall: 1.00
Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
Excellent accommodation and workspace room
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily


Note:
Main belt is 17" on 0.875" plate.
Ends belts used to sim protection on all sides of the main and auxilliary rudder rooms.
Upper belt is 2.25" outer hull shell.

Gavin sounded rather disappointed when I started to build the Taiyo and Unryu classes, because they were smaller than the previous carriers I started. Originally I wasn't planning to build this Hiyo class, but decided to make Gavin happy and included them again in the building program.

An enlarged Shokaku class carrier, capable of carrying 130 planes.

Hiyo, Japan Carrier laid down 1940

Displacement:
47,000 t light; 48,475 t standard; 53,681 t normal; 57,845 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(936.08 ft / 900.00 ft) x 108.00 ft x (35.00 / 37.06 ft)
(285.32 m / 274.32 m) x 32.92 m x (10.67 / 11.30 m)

Armament:
8 - 5.00" / 127 mm 38.0 cal guns - 55.12lbs / 25.00kg shells, 450 per gun
Dual purpose guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1940 Model
4 x Twin mounts on sides, forward evenly spread
2 raised mounts
16 - 4.13" / 105 mm 50.0 cal guns - 34.00lbs / 15.42kg shells, 750 per gun
Dual purpose guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1940 Model
4 x 2-gun mounts on sides, forward deck forward
4 x Twin mounts on sides, aft deck aft
32 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm 39.0 cal guns - 2.01lbs / 0.91kg shells, 1,000 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1940 Model
3 x 2 row octuple mounts on sides, forward evenly spread
2 raised mounts
1 x 2 row octuple mount on sides, forward deck centre
1 double raised mount
51 - 0.98" / 25.0 mm 65.0 cal guns - 0.57lbs / 0.26kg shells, 1,500 per gun
Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1940 Model
17 x Triple mounts on sides, evenly spread
32 - 0.52" / 13.2 mm 70.0 cal guns - 0.09lbs / 0.04kg shells, 2,500 per gun
Machine guns in deck mounts, 1940 Model
2 x 2 row octuple mounts on centreline, forward deck forward
2 x 2 row octuple mounts on centreline, aft deck aft
Weight of broadside 1,081 lbs / 490 kg
Main Torpedoes
320 - 17.7" / 450 mm, 18.04 ft / 5.50 m torpedoes - 0.960 t each, 307.067 t total
In 80 sets of deck mounted carriage/fixed tubes
Main DC/AS Mortars
80 - 1,763.70 lbs / 800.00 kg Depth Charges + 320 reloads - 314.946 t total
in Stern depth charge racks
2nd DC/AS Mortars
80 - 1,102.31 lbs / 500.00 kg Depth Charges + 640 reloads - 354.314 t total
in Stern depth charge racks

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 6.00" / 152 mm 650.00 ft / 198.12 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 111% of normal length
Main Belt inclined 10.00 degrees (positive = in)

- Torpedo Bulkhead - Strengthened structural bulkheads:
2.75" / 70 mm 650.00 ft / 198.12 m 32.13 ft / 9.79 m
Beam between torpedo bulkheads 108.00 ft / 32.92 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 3.00" / 76 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 2.00" / 51 mm
2nd: 2.00" / 51 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 2.00" / 51 mm
3rd: 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm -
4th: 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm -
5th: 0.50" / 13 mm 0.50" / 13 mm -

- Armoured deck - multiple decks:
For and Aft decks: 3.25" / 83 mm
Forecastle: 3.25" / 83 mm Quarter deck: 3.25" / 83 mm

- Conning towers: Forward 2.75" / 70 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 186,189 shp / 138,897 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 15,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 9,371 tons

Complement:
1,763 - 2,292

Cost:
£14.713 million / $58.853 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,511 tons, 2.8%
- Guns: 291 tons, 0.5%
- Weapons: 1,220 tons, 2.3%
Armour: 8,741 tons, 16.3%
- Belts: 1,935 tons, 3.6%
- Torpedo bulkhead: 2,125 tons, 4.0%
- Armament: 305 tons, 0.6%
- Armour Deck: 4,291 tons, 8.0%
- Conning Tower: 84 tons, 0.2%
Machinery: 4,978 tons, 9.3%
Hull, fittings & equipment: 11,770 tons, 21.9%
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 6,680 tons, 12.4%
Miscellaneous weights: 20,000 tons, 37.3%
- Hull below water: 1,200 tons
- Hull above water: 8,500 tons
- On freeboard deck: 8,500 tons
- Above deck: 1,800 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
100,324 lbs / 45,506 Kg = 1,605.2 x 5.0 " / 127 mm shells or 25.5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 6.7 ft / 2.0 m
Roll period: 17.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.03
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.40

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck,
an extended bulbous bow and large transom stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.552 / 0.562
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.33 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 34.53 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 50 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 25.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 15.00%, 45.20 ft / 13.78 m, 24.20 ft / 7.38 m
- Forward deck: 40.00%, 24.20 ft / 7.38 m, 24.20 ft / 7.38 m
- Aft deck: 30.00%, 24.20 ft / 7.38 m, 24.20 ft / 7.38 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00%, 24.20 ft / 7.38 m, 24.20 ft / 7.38 m
- Average freeboard: 25.46 ft / 7.76 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 53.4%
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 162.8%
Waterplane Area: 70,776 Square feet or 6,575 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 135%
Structure weight / hull surface area: 141 lbs/sq ft or 687 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.00
- Longitudinal: 1.00
- Overall: 1.00
Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
Excellent accommodation and workspace room
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

Quoted

Originally posted by Rooijen10
Armament:
8 - 5.00" / 127 mm 38.0 cal guns - 55.12lbs / 25.00kg shells, 450 per gun
Dual purpose guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1940 Model
4 x Twin mounts on sides, forward evenly spread
2 raised mounts
16 - 4.13" / 105 mm 50.0 cal guns - 34.00lbs / 15.42kg shells, 750 per gun

Why use both 5'' and 105 mm guns? Seems rather close together in caliber to me.

On the Humongous Waste of Japanese Resources, since there isn't enough oil in Saudi Arabia to propel that, you have thicker end armour then belt armour.

Looks like Japan's aiming to have the most expensive, most irrelevant battleship ever. I must admit I didn't think it'd actually be laid down.

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Originally posted by Brockpaine
Looks like Japan's aiming to have the most expensive, most irrelevant battleship ever. I must admit I didn't think it'd actually be laid down.

Not to mention each just gets 600 tons in the first quarter and won't complete anytime soon...but if Walter wants to throw away tonnage I won't stop him.

1955, to be precise.

Gee, want to REALLY waste some resources? Try building this!

Canada Wins.

Flawless Victory.

Nahh , too small...

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Why use both 5'' and 105 mm guns? Seems rather close together in caliber to me.

True, but when I made the Shokaku sim, it originally had 75mm guns instead of the 105mm guns. However, considering that I was mixing the Essex picture (with 5"guns) with the Taiho picture (with 100mm guns) and I did not want to mess too much with shrinking/blowing up parts of the pictures, I ended up with the 5"/105mm combination. Since I made the Hiyo as an enlarged Shokaku, I ended up using the 5"/105mm combination as well (this allows me to mess around with the Shokaku picture without having to do too much additional work on it).

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you have thicker end armour then belt armour.

The ends armor isn't really ends armor. It is explained below the sim.

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I must admit I didn't think it'd actually be laid down.

Because of Canis's awesome work on it, I thought it just had to be built, even if it takes me 250 years.

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Gee, want to REALLY waste some resources? Try building this!

Isn't it pretty much the same? Except for one being a BB and the other being a CVH (with H as in HUGE)

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Nahh , too small...

DF, the fact that it is mostly built of ice does not mean you can build it almost for free.
... besides the slips aren't big enough to contain it.

Slips? Where we're going we don't need slips!



But seriously, the price of Canadian wood pulp went up... friggin Canadians...

Considering that it was actually started (sort of) in OTL Canada, I would say that they have the right to sue Australia should they decide to build one as well.

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Because of Canis's awesome work on it, I thought it just had to be built, even if it takes me 250 years.

*Looks at checklist of evil deeds, checks off "trick Japan into building superduperDUPERbattleshipfromhell", then beings to laugh maniacally*

You'll be laughing until it turns up in your backyard, after which you'll need to change your underwear.

*wonders if he should build the Kiryu*

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Originally posted by Rooijen10
You'll be laughing until it turns up in your backyard, after which you'll need to change your underwear.

Kurchatov will have worked things out long before then.

I think he should be more worried about those malicious garden gnomes in his yard back home.