ORIGINAL: RevRick
Now, does anyone want to work up the specs on the USS Wyoming, 1945...
12 - 20" Guns....
And how many armored divisions would not be built in its place!!!
Heres a rough design I threw togeather on SS (note the crazy beam to deal with the recoil from firing 20" superheavies). I didnt bother to work out the exact dimensions from the picture, so this is only a draft.
USS Wyoming
Displacement: 98,500 t standard; 109,300t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(1,067.02 ft / 1,050.00 ft) x 140.00 ft x (40.00 / 41.54 ft)
Armament:
12 - 20.00" / 508 mm 45.0 cal guns - 5,250.00lbs shells
4 x Triple mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
2 raised mounts - superfiring
28 - 5.00" / 127 mm 54.0 cal guns - 69.49lbs shells
14 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
6 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 64,946 lbs / 29,459 kg
Armour:
- Main Belt: 17.0" / 432 mm
- Gun armour: Face (max)
Main: 24.0" / 610 mm
2nd: 0.50" / 13 mm
- Armoured deck - multiple decks: 9.00" / 229 mm
- Conning tower: 20.00" / 508 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 190,500 shp = 28.00 kts
Range 13,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 10,830 tons
This thing over twice the broadside throw weight of the Yamato class. Felt it needed a few more 5in twins too, cause sticking to 10 seems sad for a ship with twice Iowa's displacement.
As for the second question, Ill leave that to someone else, since I have no idea how much steel an armoured division requires.
