Been fiddling with these designs for a while: During the mid-90's the Navy was looking for a replacement for it's Type 42 (AAW) and Spruance Class (GP) vessels with a single class of ship. The main requirements were very long range and room for future upgrades. Several companies responded to the RFP...
Note: - In my AU T45 never existed. http://i.imgur.com/hjQb7A0.png This is a "Support Cruiser", designed to provide support to Littoral fleets and Ampib Ops. The vessel operates 3 Large Helo's (Chinook or CH-53(I need to change the RAF Image I know). In an open ocean war it will operate as a support...
A few designs I've been working on. 1st: - AAW Destroyer. Designed as a long endurance AAW escort with secondary ASW/NGS roles. Got a 64 cell VLS, 155mm gun, 2 Phalanx http://i.imgur.com/GbabV5l.png 2nd: - Short Range FAC. Designed to do short range work in the littorals. 2 Phalanx, Harpoon and RAM ...