by ChrisH » Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:12 am
Bruce:
I'm working on a 'stretched and modified' BURKE-cruiser, built as if the cold-war with the Soviet Union had continued and the USN needed an air dominance replacement for TICONDEROGA cruisers.
I've gone through quite a few incarnations, from a ship based on an ALASKA-sized hull to a 25,000 ton CG(X) to a modified LPD-17 before finally settling on the current design, which is an ATAGO destroyer hull stretched to about the same size as CGBL (Cruiser Baseline- roughly 660'). I used BURKE Flight III, ATAGO, and SEJONG THE GREAT as the basis for most of the design, while stealing some features from other ships that I liked - Mk110 57mm guns and Mk57 VLS from DDG-1000, water jet propulsion from VISBY/LCS.
While I wanted to create a design that is somewhat based upon reality, I also added some admittedly unrealistic features like water jets because I wanted to do something different.
Here's the most up-to-date drawing. I'd say its about 80% complete, with a few bits to be re-done (i.e. not happy with the mast).
Chris
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Bruce:
I'm working on a 'stretched and modified' BURKE-cruiser, built as if the cold-war with the Soviet Union had continued and the USN needed an air dominance replacement for TICONDEROGA cruisers.
I've gone through quite a few incarnations, from a ship based on an ALASKA-sized hull to a 25,000 ton CG(X) to a modified LPD-17 before finally settling on the current design, which is an ATAGO destroyer hull stretched to about the same size as CGBL (Cruiser Baseline- roughly 660'). I used BURKE Flight III, ATAGO, and SEJONG THE GREAT as the basis for most of the design, while stealing some features from other ships that I liked - Mk110 57mm guns and Mk57 VLS from DDG-1000, water jet propulsion from VISBY/LCS.
While I wanted to create a design that is somewhat based upon reality, I also added some admittedly unrealistic features like water jets because I wanted to do something different.
Here's the most up-to-date drawing. I'd say its about 80% complete, with a few bits to be re-done (i.e. not happy with the mast).
Chris