668 [PRVTR] Shrayes_Bhagavatula Members 1,112 posts 4,792 battles Report post #1 Posted February 11, 2020 (edited) Just because I could, I took the Devastator Review, merged it with the numbers of this little side project of mine, and called it brand spankin' new ( juuuust because ) Modern Day Battleship proposal: Azimuth Class Build Details Hull Numbers: BBX-2/3/4/5 ( Hull Numbers 232 - 235 ) Builder: Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding Company ( supposed ) Construction location: TBD Project Budget: Approx. $180B USD Estimated Development and Construction cost: Approx. $65B / $11.3B USD Estimated Research and Development Time: Approx. 3 years Estimated Construction Time: Approx. 3 years 2 months Estimated Fitting-out and Sea Trial time: Approx. 1 year Estimated Running costs: Approx. $32M USD/Year Estimated Service Lifespan: 65+ Years Design Details Dimensions and Capacities Length: 992’ 8” ( including bulbous bow ) Keel Length: 961’6” Beam: 121’ Draft: 36’ 2” Superstructure Height: 69’ 9” Funnel Height: 61’ 3” Bow Type: Raised Atlantic Bow, Bulbous submerged bow Displacement ( Dry ): 67,359 US Tons Total Displacement: 71,559 US Tons Mass Distribution: 35% Armor, 25% Armaments, 15% Mechanics, 10% Supplies and Crew ( at full load ) Ultra-Low Resistance Hull ( Classified Information, will not be disclosed ) Armor Armor Composition: Stealth-Retrofit Enchanced Triple-Hardened Krupp-Type Enhanced Galvanized Composite Ceramic Steel Armor Plate Armor Scheme: All or Nothing Main Belt Thickness: 400mm Upper Belt / Lower Belt : 305 Superstructure Armor: 36mm plate, 38mm deck Conning Tower Armor: 410mm Central Deck Armor: 150mm Turret Deck Armor: 127mm Bow/Aft Deck Armor: 48mm Extremity Bow/Aft Armor: 48mm Central / Turret / Extremity Torpedo Protection: 76.2mm / 57mm / 32mm Citadel Armor: 120mm Side armor, 100mm Citadel Deck, 480mm Athwartship Turret Face Armor : 480mm Turret Side Armor : 380mm Turret Roof Armor : 305mm Barbette Armor: 350mm Secondary Battery Armor: 40mm AA Mount Armor: 25mm Missile Box Armor: 305mm ( 12 inches ) Armaments Primary Armament 2x4 431mm/65 Mark 91R Turret Layout: A-X ( Balanced ) Artillery Type: Electromagnetic-Boosted Artillery Caliber: 431.8mm ( 17 inches ) Barrel Length: 1,105 inches Barrel Thickness: 127mm Barrel Liner Material: Carbon-Ceramic Composite with Tungsten-Reinforced Rifling-Inlaid Copper strips Rifling: Double-Reverse Overlay Propellant Charge: C4 equivalent Magnetic Power: 96 MW / Barrel Power Storage: 6 x 16 MW Ultracapacitors Ammunition: Mk 49X Hybrid Super-Heavy Armor Piercing Shell Weight: 3,505lb Mass Distribution : 30% Explosive / 70% Casing Material: Osmium-Indium Cap, Tungsten-Steel Body Krupp Value: 4,390 Fuse Timer: Variable ( 0.015 - 0.045 seconds ) Maximum Theoretical Penetration Capacity: 6.3 meters Initial Shell Velocity: 2,339 m/s Maximum Firing Range ( Governed / Theoretical ): 561 Miles / 698 miles Turret Elevation / Depression : 55 deg / - 5 deg Barrel Elevation Rate: 4 deg/sec Turret Firing Angles: 150 deg forward / 150 deg rearward Turret Traverse Speed: 6 deg/sec 180 degree turn time: 30 seconds Reload Time: 20 seconds Rate of Fire: 3 RPM Secondary Armament 8 x 2 / 3 x 3 136mm/50 Mk 44B Turret Layout: Forward - Stagger Wing Mount / Central ( 4 per side / 3 centerline ) Artillery Type: Conventional Caliber: 136mm Propellant Charge: C4 equivalent Ammunition: Mk 36 SAP-HE/HC Weight: 36 lbs Mass Distribution : 50% Explosive / 50% Casing Material: Steel unibody Fuse Timer: 0.033 Penetration Capacity: 25mm Initial Shell Velocity: 868 m/s Maximum Firing Range : 21.1 km Turret Elevation / Depression : 70 deg / - 5 deg Barrel Elevation Rate: 15 deg/sec Turret Firing Angles: 150 deg forward / 150 deg rearward Turret Traverse Speed: 30 deg/sec 180 degree turn time: 6 seconds Reload Time: 3 seconds Rate of Fire: 20 RPM Rounds carried: 686 / Barrel Missile Armament 328 x Mk 57 Evo VLS Tubes Layout: Forward Stagger ( 180 tubes forward, 148 tubes rearward ) Missile Carried: ARS-155 Dark Aster Advanced Multi-Target Adaptive Smart Strike Missile ( AMTASSM ) Missile Type: Multirole Target-Adaptive Length: 29’ 3” Diameter: 17 inches Fin Height: 6 inches Weight: 395 lbs Fin Count: 12 ( 4 forward, 2 centerline, 6 rear ) Propellant : Hybrid Solid/Liquid Range: 900km ( 559 miles ) Speed: Mach 5.5 Warhead: 100 lb C4x Fragmentation OR 32 x Ballistic Missile Tubes carrying C4 Trident II Ballistic Missiles Air Wing Up to 8 Fixed-Wing or Rotor-Driven Aircraft Anti Aircraft Armament Long Range Dual Purpose Artillery and Missile Tubes Range of Aura : 6.5 to 900km ( up to 12km for DP Artillery ) Short Range Level 2 10 x M16A1 Vulcan Chain Gun Enhanced AA Defense 28 x 30kw Point-Defense Laser Range of Aura: 0.1 - 11km Rate of Fire: Continuous burst Mounting Traverse Speed: 40 deg/sec Automation: Full Ammunition: Ultracapacitor Storage Control Systems 100 Petabyte Storage Drive Taskmaster Artificial Intelligence Combat Adaptive Central Processing Unit Instantaneous processing thanks to 20 individual 128 GhZ processors Processors developed by Intel and AMD Can identify up to 700,000 potential threats from onboard database. Database is adaptive - can learn about new threats by the day Can track and kill up to 2,500 targets simultaneously. Can adapt to any battle situation within 5 seconds Can process and disable enemy tracking and combat systems AN/APY-99 AESA RADAR Systems Mark 155 Fire Control Directors for Primary Armament Mark 158 Fire Control Directors for Secondary, Missile, and AA armament Mark 191 Director for Aviation wing Aegis Back-Up systems Propulsion and Power Primary Power Source 3 x Bechtel A1X Nuclear Reactor Maximum Power: 1500MW System Application: All major electrical systems and 100% of Propulsion Unit Secondary Power Source 2 x GE LM-2500 Gas Turbine Total System Output: 100,000 Horsepower System Application: All Minor electrical systems Total System Wiring: 998km Capacitor Count: 540 x Ultracapacitor and 1600+ Normal Capacitor Total Electrical Output and Storage: 3200+ MW Power Efficiency: 100% Propulsion System 6 x Hybrid Geared Turbine Total System Output: in excess of 490,000 horsepower ( Up to 700,000 horsepower overboost for up to 8 minutes ) Total Shafts: 6 plus 2 steering shafts located in bow sectors Main Propeller Diameter: 56 feet Steering Propeller Diameter: 30 feet Maximum Forward Speed: Up to 43 knots ( Theoretically capable of 48.9 knots ) Maximum Reverse Speed: Up to 10 knots Acceleration to full speed: 6 minutes ( Theoretically capable of 4 minutes ) Deceleration to 0 knots: 8 minutes Maximum acceleration possible: 12.2 kn/min Maneuverability characteristics Turn Rate: 4.6 deg/sec ( 5.8 deg/sec boosted ) Turning Radius: 900 meters ( 780 meters boosted ) Rudder Shift Time: 16.9 seconds ( 12.1 seconds boosted ) List when turning : up to 7 degrees when turning at 4/4 speed ( 8.8 degrees boosted ) Structure Flex: None Crew and Ration Characteristics Crew Complement: 78 officers plus 791 personnel Supplies: Up to 48 tons of food, 16 tons of medical supplies, and emergency rations for up to 2 months for entire crew Maximum On-Station Endurance: up to 360 days + 50 days emergency Maximum Capacity of Ship: up to 4,000 people* Freshwater Facilities: 2 x Desalination plants + 2 x Steam Harvester Fresh Food capacities: 2 x Aerofarms Fresh Air Systems: Funnel Cleanser Redirector Medical Facilities: 4 x Medical Stations + 2 x ER + 2 x Operating Theaters *This is only achievable during rescue operations The Azimuth is a proposal for a smaller class of fast, stealthy battleships that would serve as part of a fast task force to disrupt shipping lines and intercept crucial targets. She carries all the same systems that Devastator possesses, and while her firepower isn’t certainly as impressive as that of her larger counterpart, she can very much compete with other modern-day surface vessels and even claim superiority over them, thanks to aforementioned firepower and stealth, as well as extreme manueverability, the likes of which no ship of it’s size could draw parallels to, much less match or even exceed. Edited February 12, 2020 by Shrayes_Bhagavatula 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
668 [PRVTR] Shrayes_Bhagavatula Members 1,112 posts 4,792 battles Report post #2 Posted February 11, 2020 Because WHY THE HELL NOT ( So I said, let's see how this goes ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8,502 [GWG] BrushWolf [GWG] Alpha Tester 27,535 posts 14,839 battles Report post #3 Posted February 11, 2020 We won't see the BB return until rail guns are perfected but that perfection will pretty much make every fleet obsolete. Modern anti-ship cruse missiles come in sub sonic where a shell from a rail gun will likely still be well over mach even on a long range shot and will be much harder to shoot down. it will be the Monitor & the Virginia or the Dreadnought making everything obsolete all over again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,325 [SPTR] Rolkatsuki Members 27,227 posts 17,225 battles Report post #4 Posted February 11, 2020 Looks like a modernized Republique 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
668 [PRVTR] Shrayes_Bhagavatula Members 1,112 posts 4,792 battles Report post #5 Posted February 11, 2020 (edited) 22 hours ago, Rolkatsuki said: Looks like a modernized Republique That's What it is, nice catch edit: I updated the post with overboost statistics Edited February 12, 2020 by Shrayes_Bhagavatula Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
668 [PRVTR] Shrayes_Bhagavatula Members 1,112 posts 4,792 battles Report post #6 Posted February 17, 2020 Also, @turbo07 Thank you for the fixes, it makes this much easier to read, especially for myself ( kindofa downside when you type all your stuff on Drive, you gotta fix the text and the font and all that jazz ) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
