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Belt is too long, and you still have that ungodly Torpedo Bulkhead. For an AoN design, you want to set the belt length at the minimum length to cover engines and magazine.
Okay torpedo belt's gone and the armor belt is shortened and RHS = 1.00 . . . now what?
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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