Shipbucket

In the early 1990's Popular Mechanics had a ship design from the David Taylor Center. The design was called The Carrier Dock Multimission a large (40,000+) ton platform that would serve as the base design for most naval ships. These would replace most ships in the fleet and complement the large Nimitz class carriers (CVNs) support groups of smaller "Scout fighters". A later Proceedings article called a similar ship called "Carrier of large objects". It was similar to the previous idea but included late Burke classes as Battleforce ships.
There was a similar drawing captioned as the LX in a 1980’s Surface Forces Review, but I don’t know if its ralated.


Designing the Future U.S. Naval Surface Fleet for Effectiveness and Producibility

The Industrial Perspective Conference Proceedings Meeting Minutes

I thought I posted this already but couldn't find it under my posts, If I did, sorry.

It looks like a very nice drawing. I wish I knew more about the concept; I'll try to find some resources myself. Certainly it needs an aft-facing (and port-facing) SPY-1 face, although I don't know how to fit those in without going against the art. Depending on what the article said, I doubt that the flight-deck-level turret is Goalkeeper, and I am having trouble figuring out how the after mount could work.

I'm excited to watch this drawing progress. It's clear that you can make it as good as the resources we find will allow.

An interesting proposal, a landing ship on steroids or a very modern LHA with obvious self-defence and limited offensive capability as well.

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Hood's Worklist
English Electric Canberra FD
Interwar RN Capital Ships
Super-Darings
Never-Were British Aircraft

Another nice on SciFi You seem to be the source for never built USN projects.

A long history of collecting misc. crap, much to my wife's concern. But you should of seen my uncle, he had Popular Sciences from the 40's and 50's. GREAT STUFF!
Heardd his daughter trashed it all after he died.

Sacrillage.Had she not heard of 'cash in the attic' ?

First pass, I really don't know what else to do with it.

Nuclear is it?

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Thank you Kim for the crest

"Never fear to try on something new. Remember that the Titanic was built by professionals, and the Ark by an amateur"

integrated electric gas turbine

Things I forgot list:
1. Gas turbine intakes and exhausts

Is it just me, or does that "goalkeeper" in the picture look more like a 57mm gun?

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Probably posting from and iPhone and naval terms befuddle it. If I say a ships' hill, you know what I meant.