Would this ship be a better design or is it just meh?
Midway, USA Fast Battleship laid down 1950
Displacement:
67,362 t light; 70,722 t standard; 77,288 t normal; 82,540 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(913.00 ft / 870.00 ft) x 155.20 ft x (42.00 / 44.04 ft)
(278.28 m / 265.18 m) x 47.30 m x (12.80 / 13.42 m)
Armament:
8 - 18.00" / 457 mm 50.0 cal guns - 3,086.99lbs / 1,400.24kg shells, 125 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1950 Model
4 x 2-gun mounts on centreline, evenly spread
4 x 2-gun mounts on centreline, evenly spread
4 raised mounts
20 - 5.00" / 127 mm 40.0 cal guns - 59.90lbs / 27.17kg shells, 150 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1950 Model
10 x 2-gun mounts on sides, evenly spread
4 double raised mounts
Weight of broadside 25,894 lbs / 11,745 kg
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 18.0" / 457 mm 312.40 ft / 95.22 m 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
Ends: 2.00" / 51 mm 417.00 ft / 127.10 m 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
140.60 ft / 42.85 m Unarmoured ends
Upper: 14.0" / 356 mm 453.00 ft / 138.07 m 4.10 ft / 1.25 m
Main Belt covers 55 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
Main Belt inclined 14.00 degrees (positive = in)
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 6.00" / 152 mm 18.0" / 457 mm
2nd: 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm
- Armoured deck - single deck:
For and Aft decks: 7.00" / 178 mm
- Conning towers: Forward 10.00" / 254 mm, Aft 10.00" / 254 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Electric motors, 5 shafts, 257,936 shp / 192,420 Kw = 32.38 kts
Range 15,000nm at 16.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 11,818 tons
Complement:
2,316 - 3,012
Cost:
£45.967 million / $183.870 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 5,459 tons, 7.1 %
- Guns: 5,459 tons, 7.1 %
Armour: 24,884 tons, 32.2 %
- Belts: 5,905 tons, 7.6 %
- Armament: 8,767 tons, 11.3 %
- Armour Deck: 9,430 tons, 12.2 %
- Conning Towers: 782 tons, 1.0 %
Machinery: 6,171 tons, 8.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 30,848 tons, 39.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 9,926 tons, 12.8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
148,325 lbs / 67,279 Kg = 50.9 x 18.0 " / 457 mm shells or 9.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.05
Metacentric height 10.7 ft / 3.3 m
Roll period: 19.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 78 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.54
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.32
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck,
an extended bulbous bow and small transom stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.477 / 0.486
Length to Beam Ratio: 5.61 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 32.68 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 55 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 59
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 45.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3.00 ft / 0.91 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 18.00 %, 40.00 ft / 12.19 m, 35.00 ft / 10.67 m
- Forward deck: 32.00 %, 35.00 ft / 10.67 m, 35.00 ft / 10.67 m
- Aft deck: 32.00 %, 35.00 ft / 10.67 m, 35.00 ft / 10.67 m
- Quarter deck: 18.00 %, 35.00 ft / 10.67 m, 35.00 ft / 10.67 m
- Average freeboard: 35.36 ft / 10.78 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 58.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 259.7 %
Waterplane Area: 90,211 Square feet or 8,381 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 124 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 267 lbs/sq ft or 1,303 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.93
- Longitudinal: 2.21
- Overall: 1.01
Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
Excellent accommodation and workspace room
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily