Interesting, would save me a point in Economy potentially
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Anyway, I think I now actually would like just 1930 tech with dreads, assuming there was no Washington Naval Treaty to stunt development, but with perhaps the air threat recognized and being reduced by more extensive anti-air (meaning carriers might still become formidable but the cost in airwing to bring down a modern dreadnought could become prohibitive).
Okay, I'm saying this just so I can potentially put this bad boy into service:
Leviathan, Pacifica Superdreadnought laid down 1934
Displacement:
74,762 t light; 78,985 t standard; 84,354 t normal; 88,649 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(945.82 ft / 930.00 ft) x 130.00 ft x (37.00 / 38.61 ft)
(288.29 m / 283.46 m) x 39.62 m x (11.28 / 11.77 m)
Armament:
12 - 18.00" / 457 mm 50.0 cal guns - 3,200.01lbs / 1,451.50kg shells, 100 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1934 Model
4 x 3-gun mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
2 raised mounts - superfiring
20 - 5.00" / 127 mm 43.0 cal guns - 61.05lbs / 27.69kg shells, 350 per gun
Dual purpose guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1934 Model
20 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
10 raised mounts
40 - 1.57" / 40.0 mm 38.0 cal guns - 1.85lbs / 0.84kg shells, 4,000 per gun
Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1934 Model
6 x 4 row quad mounts on sides, evenly spread
6 raised mounts
4 x Single mounts on side ends, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 39,695 lbs / 18,005 kg
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 17.0" / 432 mm 600.00 ft / 182.88 m 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 99 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead - Additional damage containing bulkheads:
5.00" / 127 mm 600.00 ft / 182.88 m 31.00 ft / 9.45 m
Beam between torpedo bulkheads 100.00 ft / 30.48 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 18.0" / 457 mm 14.0" / 356 mm 18.0" / 457 mm
2nd: 1.00" / 25 mm - 2.00" / 51 mm
3rd: 0.50" / 13 mm - -
- Armoured deck - multiple decks:
For and Aft decks: 8.00" / 203 mm
Forecastle: 2.00" / 51 mm Quarter deck: 2.00" / 51 mm
- Conning towers: Forward 18.00" / 457 mm, Aft 7.40" / 188 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Electric cruising motors plus geared drives, 4 shafts, 204,000 shp / 152,184 Kw = 29.10 kts
Range 10,000nm at 16.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 9,664 tons
Complement:
2,474 - 3,217
Cost:
£36.269 million / $145.078 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 8,075 tons, 9.6 %
- Guns: 8,075 tons, 9.6 %
Armour: 31,941 tons, 37.9 %
- Belts: 7,515 tons, 8.9 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 3,441 tons, 4.1 %
- Armament: 7,953 tons, 9.4 %
- Armour Deck: 11,980 tons, 14.2 %
- Conning Towers: 1,053 tons, 1.2 %
Machinery: 5,869 tons, 7.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 28,802 tons, 34.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 9,591 tons, 11.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 75 tons, 0.1 %
- On freeboard deck: 75 tons
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
115,752 lbs / 52,504 Kg = 39.7 x 18.0 " / 457 mm shells or 21.8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.11
Metacentric height 9.1 ft / 2.8 m
Roll period: 18.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 53 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.65
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.06
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck,
a normal bow and a round stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.660 / 0.665
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.15 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 30.50 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 49 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 20.00 %, 33.00 ft / 10.06 m, 27.00 ft / 8.23 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 27.00 ft / 8.23 m, 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Aft deck: 35.00 %, 21.00 ft / 6.40 m, 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 21.00 ft / 6.40 m, 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Average freeboard: 23.58 ft / 7.19 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 85.1 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 161.1 %
Waterplane Area: 93,467 Square feet or 8,683 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 104 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 261 lbs/sq ft or 1,277 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.00
- Longitudinal: 1.00
- Overall: 1.00
Adequate machinery, storage, compartmentation space
Excellent accommodation and workspace room\
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
....okay, so I probably wouldn't, too expensive. But a man can dream, yeah?