Ok - here is revision 1 - I took to heart much of what has been mentioned as follows:
- I was not happy with the height of the flight deck, so I raised it several feet. Also extended the hangar itself a few feet since it seemed a bit cramped.
- Implemented the "three-wide" hangar and flight deck, now extends the full beam width
- Removed three more 5" mounts, leaving just the p/s forward mounts. Doing this allowed me to mount a third CIWS and add the much-needed small boats back aft.
- Added some more antennae for SATCOM/NTDS
- Reconfigured the ABLs - now there are three aft, firing over the beam, and four forward, two on each side.
Other minor fixes. I am much happier with this iteration.
I served on USS Newport News (CA-148) and was on her decommissioning crew. I'd loose the walkway around the #1 Turret and the rail around the walkway on the #2
Nice drawing, brings back memories . . .steaming up Oslo Fjord on a foggy fall morning at 6:00am imagining I was a Viking coming home.