Okay, I monkeyed around with her displacement and got it down to 1.00 but look at the BC, she's lined like a speed boat. No wonder she can do 28 kns.
USS New Hampshire, USA Battleship laid down 1920
Displacement:
45,384 t light; 47,965 t standard; 49,700 t normal; 51,088 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(828.40 ft / 807.00 ft) x 126.00 ft x (35.00 / 35.72 ft)
(252.50 m / 245.97 m) x 38.40 m x (10.67 / 10.89 m)
Armament:
8 - 18.00" / 457 mm 48.0 cal guns - 3,054.04lbs / 1,385.29kg shells, 100 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1920 Model
2 x 2-gun mounts on centreline, aft evenly spread
2 raised mounts
2 x 2-gun mounts on centreline, forward evenly spread
18 - 6.00" / 152 mm 53.0 cal guns - 115.76lbs / 52.51kg shells, 150 per gun
Quick firing guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1920 Model
2 x 3-gun mounts on sides amidships
2 raised mounts
4 x 3-gun mounts on side ends, evenly spread
4 raised mounts
9 - 5.00" / 127 mm 25.0 cal guns - 56.77lbs / 25.75kg shells, 200 per gun
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts, 1920 Model
9 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
9 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 27,027 lbs / 12,259 kg
Main Torpedoes
4 - 21.0" / 533 mm, 20.00 ft / 6.10 m torpedoes - 1.303 t each, 5.212 t total
In 2 sets of deck mounted carriage/fixed tubes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 15.0" / 381 mm 524.55 ft / 159.88 m 13.47 ft / 4.11 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length
- Torpedo Bulkhead - Strengthened structural bulkheads:
10.0" / 254 mm 524.55 ft / 159.88 m 33.00 ft / 10.06 m
Beam between torpedo bulkheads 126.00 ft / 38.40 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 18.0" / 457 mm 8.00" / 203 mm 18.0" / 457 mm
2nd: 10.0" / 254 mm 6.00" / 152 mm 10.0" / 254 mm
- Box over machinery & magazines:
6.00" / 152 mm
Forecastle: 6.00" / 152 mm Quarter deck: 6.00" / 152 mm
- Conning towers: Forward 20.00" / 508 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines, plus batteries,
Electric motors, 4 shafts, 125,500 shp / 93,623 Kw = 28.00 kts
Range 10,000nm at 10.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 3,122 tons
Complement:
1,663 - 2,163
Cost:
£11.526 million / $46.103 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 5,603 tons, 11.3 %
- Guns: 5,597 tons, 11.3 %
- Weapons: 7 tons, 0.0 %
Armour: 20,689 tons, 41.6 %
- Belts: 4,580 tons, 9.2 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 6,405 tons, 12.9 %
- Armament: 5,643 tons, 11.4 %
- Armour Deck: 3,478 tons, 7.0 %
- Conning Tower: 582 tons, 1.2 %
Machinery: 4,388 tons, 8.8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 14,703 tons, 29.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 4,316 tons, 8.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
63,480 lbs / 28,794 Kg = 21.8 x 18.0 " / 457 mm shells or 13.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.12
Metacentric height 8.8 ft / 2.7 m
Roll period: 17.8 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 64 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.64
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.28
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
a straight bulbous bow and a round stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.489 / 0.492
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.40 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 28.41 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 47 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 40.00 degrees
Stern overhang: -6.00 ft / -1.83 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 20.00 %, 25.50 ft / 7.77 m, 25.50 ft / 7.77 m
- Forward deck: 40.00 %, 25.50 ft / 7.77 m, 25.50 ft / 7.77 m
- Aft deck: 25.00 %, 17.50 ft / 5.33 m, 17.50 ft / 5.33 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 17.50 ft / 5.33 m, 17.50 ft / 5.33 m
- Average freeboard: 22.30 ft / 6.80 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 77.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 171.9 %
Waterplane Area: 67,065 Square feet or 6,231 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 90 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 262 lbs/sq ft or 1,281 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.95
- Longitudinal: 1.59
- Overall: 1.00
Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
Excellent accommodation and workspace room
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily
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