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by The Republic of Western Sol » Thu Dec 21, 2023 8:49 am
by The Corparation » Tue Dec 26, 2023 1:56 pm
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by Han Tom Alechia » Fri Jan 05, 2024 7:56 pm
by Gallia- » Sat Jan 06, 2024 2:58 am
The Corparation wrote:For the most recent ShipbuckeT challenge I was stumped on what to do and scoured my archives for some of the more novel "Never-weres" of carrier designs, after two failed starts with "Conceptual CV", a concept for a reverse angle carrier designed to reduce the need for deck spotting, and the infamous Stealth Monohull from the CVX program. While both of these were neat, I feel like I have a reputation to uphold and they both felt a bit too conventional for a mega challenge such as this. After all, reverse-angle and stealth carriers are both things that have graced pixelart spergery before and by better artists than me. For this challenge I needed something that SB hadn't seen the likes of before and I finally struck gold with a 1990s paper, "Future Aircraft Carrier Technology Vol 1" *. Among the topics discussed in the layout was full form, the paper suggests a that a future carrier could be built on a Nimitz-derived hull, "a New large monohull", smaller LHA sized hulls, or a "Large Semi-Submersible Hull. From the, sadly brief descriptions in the paper I realized I'd found my choice. Although there was no illustration and details were scant, I felt that I had just enough to go on. I feel that it's important to note that although the appearance and layout are purely speculative, Dimensions/Figures and some design quirks were taken directly from the report. I'm not exactly happy with the result artistically, (specifically I don't like the bow/stern sections of the struts or the fact most of the drawing ended up as just solid slabs) but I had fun drawing it which is what matters. Also if this seems like the ridiculous carrier you've seen, the paper I took this from briefly discusses the potential for a ship *twice* the size of the one I used as the basis for this.
*(A Volume 2 allegedly exists but has so far eluded my efforts to find it. Even a search while logged into DTIC turned up nothing)
Too big for NS
The Essex Class is a Class of 6 nuclear powered aircraft carriers in service with the US Navy. The ships are unique in both size, (An empty displacement of over 300,000 tons makes the Essex Class are largest warships ever built.) but also in their configuration as the ships are of a semi-submersible SWATH design. The ship's structure is composed of large hangar deck perched above two 125 foot diameter pressure hulls containing the ship's engineering, magazine and crew spaces. When ballasted down everything below the hangar deck is below the waterline, with only the hangar, flight deck and island above it. This not only lowers the ship's radar cross section but also protects the ship's vital spaces from attack. Fully loaded an Essex Class Carrier displaces over 660,000 tons, putting them firmly among the largest ships ever built by displacement. When ballasted the ships have a draft of over 180 feet. While draft can be reduced to 40 feet to easier facilitate docking, doing so raises the ship's propellers out of the water, necessitating the use of tugs to enter the majority of ports.
The ship's large size required all new infrastructure and very few ports are capable of berthing the massive vessels. Submarine construction techniques were used to assemble the twin SWATH hulls. Each side hull is of a double-hull construction, featuring a pressure hull containing the ship's engineering, magazine and crew spaces nestled within the outer structural hull. Each of the side hulls contains two reactors for a total of 4 overall. Combined the ship's reactors output size times the power output by a Nimitz Class's engineering plant. The large space within the side hulls allows for a larger than normal, and thus more efficient steam plant compared to earlier nuclear carriers. This extra efficiency is needed to allow the ship to cruise at a blistering 25 knots.
Due to the large rectangular nature of the flight deck the Essex Class feature a set of parallel runways in lieu of a traditional angled flight deck to allow for simultaneous launch and recovery operations. The ship has a single island amidships between the two runways. Each runway features a complete set of arresting gear for aircraft recovery. Aircraft are launched via one of four electromagnetic catapults. To help compensate for the ship's slow speed, the foremost 44 feet of the flight deck are inclined and act as a ski jump to provide additional payload. Weapons magazines are within the submerged hulls with munitions carried to the hangar deck via one of eight elevators (4 per hull). Two elevators on each side continue on to the flight deck. The weapons elevators can also be used to transfer provisions into the hulls from the hangar decks. There are 6 sets of staircases linking each hull to the hangar deck. The Essex Class is capable of storing it's entire air wing internally within two parallel hangars, one beneath each runway. The hangars are served by three centrally located elevators. The space between the hangars is filled with workshops and pilot ready rooms. Each hangar can be subdivided into 3 compartments via large fire doors. Aircraft traversal between hangars can be done via the aircraft elevators or one of two "tunnels". Also located between the hangars is a boat launch /recovery bay where small craft can be lowered into the water between the two hulls. The Essex Class's self defense capability are extensive, with two 64 cell blocks of Mk 41 VLS. Potential missiles carried include SM-6 and quad packed ESSM as well as Nulka Decoys. The ships are also carrying of launching land attack missiles to supplement their aircraft's striking power.
The Essex Class were designed for a notional air wing of more than 80 aircraft. The standard composition of the air wing is shown below:
1 x Heavy All-Weather Attack Squadron (VAH) composed of twelve A-11
3 x Strike Fighter (VFA) Squadrons composed of ten F-35C
1 x Marine Strike Fighter (VMFA) Squadron of ten F-35C
1 x Electronic Attack (VAQ) Squadron composed of eight EF-35D
1 x Carrier Airborne Early Warning (VAW) Squadron of four ES-4Bs
1 x Unmanned Composite Squadron (VUC) Composed of four MQ-25 and four MQ-47B (Tanker, Reconnaissance and Light Attack)
1 x Patrol Squadron (VP) Composed of ten MS-4A (ASW, EW, ELINT and Drone Control)
1 x Helicopter Maritime Strike (HSM) Squadron of MH-60R (4 aboard ship, 8 detached to escorts)
1 x Fleet Logistics Support (VRC) Squadron Detachment of CS-4A or CMV-22B (Shore Based COD)
by The Corparation » Mon Jan 08, 2024 3:45 pm
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by The Galactic Empire of Zimbabwae2 » Sat Jan 13, 2024 2:50 pm
San Basil wrote:Wow this still exists, has been over 10 years since Ive last seen this thread. Any of the oldtimers from 2011, plus minus some years still around here ? Also, what kind of templates you guys use nowadays ?
by The Grand World Order » Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:59 pm
by Juansonia » Sat Jan 13, 2024 9:56 pm
For some reason, that front sight post looks G3.
Space Squid wrote:Each sin should get it's own month.
Right now, Pride gets June, and Greed, Envy, and Gluttony have to share Thanksgiving/Black Friday through Christmas, Sloth gets one day in September, and Lust gets one day in February.
It's not equitable at all
Gandoor wrote:Cliché: A mod making a reply that's full of swearing after someone asks if you're allowed to swear on this site.
It makes me chuckle every time it happens.
by Arischer Ordensstaat » Wed Jan 24, 2024 7:18 am
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by Cerespasia » Fri Feb 16, 2024 5:20 am
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by Celritannia » Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:33 am
San Basil wrote:Wow this still exists, has been over 10 years since Ive last seen this thread. Any of the oldtimers from 2011, plus minus some years still around here ? Also, what kind of templates you guys use nowadays ?
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by Arshanid Deccan » Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:36 pm
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by The Corparation » Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:44 pm
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by Gallia- » Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:48 pm
by The Corparation » Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:07 pm
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by Cerespasia » Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:01 am
CERES IS BACK!
And I want some more..!
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by The Xolbarian Opposition » Mon Apr 08, 2024 5:10 pm
by The Corparation » Sun Apr 14, 2024 1:37 pm
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