http://en.valka.cz/attachments/11563/US ... VN-77_.jpg
I think this gives you your answer. no sponson over there. and I also have to say, that that is an very bad place for an CIWS, as there is much less coverage then on the other positions.
Thanks for that picture. I see that the starboard waist is far fore of that area. Earlier on I placed a second, smaller sponson aft of the main one, but I want to get rid of it because it not only looks stupid but it's also conflicting with the waist. Consequently I need to move around the defense systems for which I created the second sponson (Phalanx and LADS). I was going to move the Phalanx to the stern, leave the Sea Sparrow launcher where it is on the main sponson, move LADS to the main sponson next to the box launcher, and then I needed some place to put the RAM launcher. Bad news is that thing I circled is not a sponson, good news is that there is a RAM launcher on the aft starboard near the stern, so I can bump the Phalanx to the port stern, delete the second RAM launcher, and do what I said above.
To be clear, this is an AU design which amounts to a modified
Bush partially kitbashed with some
Ford parts plus my own original modifications. It uses
Ford-style sponsons which can mount two systems to one sponson.
Also, on the real Bush image, for new ship her deck, deflectors, etc look corroded as hell. She wasn't commissioned like that was she?