Shipbucket

Seeing as a lot of "shore bombardment" ships have been drawn lately and seeing the large debate over them, I've decided to make an attempt at a reasonable 21st-century ship tasked with shore bombardment via guns. This would make sense in the future cash-strapped navies, where funding for the armed forces is cut and throwing away tomahawks on every little tank in Africa and the Middle East isn't an option. It's armed with 2 5" guns, VLS for Tomahawks for high-value targets or ESSM for defense, and RAM as a CIWS. It's a very rough WIP. It would be powered conventionally, and have a reduced RCS to make it a viable 21st century combatant. It has reasonable facilities for aircraft, both for the normal purposes and for spotting shore targets.

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It's...I guess?

Don't take this the wrong way but it strikes me as being more a general-purpose frigate. I suggest you finish this first (as practice if nothing else) but a true shore bombardment ship would have...I dunno, MLRS on it, or since it's so singular-purpose it could be made simpler and more minimalistic - compare battleships with shore bombardment monitors, for example.

True, a bit of mission creep got in.

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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.

I did this thread too and here is a copy of my version of a shore bombardment and the link to my thread so you can see the suggestions that was shared with me.
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=1290

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I'm pretty sure I've already told you this before - this is not your thread. Do not post your work in it. If you have something to show, do it in your own thread. - erik_t

Progress, and de-creep'd

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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.