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USA Dreadnought Colorado class [;)]

USA Destroyers Paulding class.[8D]



Class overview
Name: Paulding class destroyer

Operators: United States Navy
United States Coast Guard

Preceded by: Smith-class destroyer
Succeeded by: Cassin-class destroyer

Completed: 21
Retired: 21
Preserved: 0

General characteristics

Type: Destroyer

Displacement: 742 tons (normal)
887 tons (full load)
Length: 293 ft 10 in
Beam: 26 ft 1 in
Draft: 8 ft 4 in
Propulsion: 4 Boilers
3 Parsons Turbines
17,393 horsepower
Speed: 32.8 knots
Capacity: 236 tons/oil (fuel)
Complement: 4 Officers
82 Enlisted

Armament:
Five 3"/50 caliber rapid fire guns
Three 18" twin torpedo tubes

USA Destroyers Clemson class.[;)]



Class overview
Name: Clemson class destroyer

Builders: Various
Operators: United States Navy
United States Coast Guard
Royal Navy
Royal Canadian Navy
Soviet Navy
Imperial Japanese Navy

Preceded by: Wickes class destroyer

Succeeded by: Farragut class destroyer

Planned: 161
Completed: 156
Cancelled: 5
Lost: 20
General characteristics

Class and type: Clemson class destroyer

Displacement: 1,215 tons (normal)
1,308 tons (full load)
Length: 314 ft 4.5 in (95.822 m)
Beam: 30 ft 11.5 in (9.436 m)
Draft: 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m)
Propulsion: 4x300 psi (20 atm) unsuperheated Boilers[1]
2 Westinghouse Geared Turbines
27,600 horsepower (20,600 kW)
Speed: 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h)
Range: 4,900 nmi (9,100 km)
@ 15 kn (28 km/h)
Boats and landing
craft carried: 4 LCP landing craft
Crew: 8 Officers
8 Chief Petty Officers
106 Enlisted

Armament:
4 × 4 inch/50 caliber guns
1 × 3 inch/23 caliber guns
12 × 21 inch torpedo tubes (4×3)[1]

USA Destroyers Wickes class[8D]



Class overview

Name: Wickes class destroyer

Builders: Various
Operators: United States
United Kingdom

Preceded by: Caldwell class destroyer

Succeeded by: Clemson class destroyer

Built: 1917 - 1921
In commission: 1918 - 1946 (USN)

Completed: 111
Lost: 9 sunk in battle
5 sunk as targets
7 others sunk or destroyed in other ways
Retired: 90 scrapped
Preserved: 0
General characteristics

Type: Destroyer
Displacement: 1,154 tons (normal)
1,247 tons (full load)

Length: 314 ft 4.5 in (95.82 m)
Beam: 30 ft 11.25 in (9.43 m)
Draught: 9 ft (2.74 m)
Propulsion: 4x300 psi (20 atm) unsuperheated Boilers[1]
2 Parsons Turbines[1]
(24,610 horsepower)

Speed: 35.3 Knots
Complement: 100 officers and enlisted

Armament:
4 × 4 inch/50 caliber guns[1]
1 × 3 inch/23 caliber guns[1]
12 × 21 inch torpedo tubes (4×3)[1]

Notes: popularly known as Flush Deckers, Four Pipers, 1200-ton type

Great stuff [8D]

Thanks Aces8,here is my first USA Submarine art.[;)]

AnShil0141 = The following submarine types as per the database.

Lake S2 + S48 Types.
Electric boat S18 + S42 Types.
Government S3 Type.

USA Destroyer Caldwell class [;)]



Class overview

Name: Caldwell class destroyer

Builders: Mare Island Navy Yard
Norfolk Navy Yard
Seattle Dry Dock Company
William Cramp & Sons
Bath Iron Works
Operators: United States
Great Britain

Preceded by: Sampson-class destroyer

Succeeded by: Wickes-class destroyer

Built: 1916 – 1920
In commission: 1917 – 1945
Completed: 6
Retired: 6
General characteristics

Type: Destroyer

Displacement: 1,020 tons (standard)
1,125 tons (normal)
Length: 308' (93.88m) waterline
315'6" (96.2m) overall
Beam: 31' 3" (9.52m)
Draft: 8' (2.44m)
11' 6" (3.5m) max
Propulsion: (DD 69-71) Thornycroft boilers
Parsons geared turbines
two shafts (20,000shp)
(DD 72-73) White-Forster boilers
Parsons turbines
three shafts (18,500hp)

Speed: (DD 69-71) 35 knots (65 km/h)
(DD 72-73) 30 knots (56 km/h)

Complement: 146

Armament:
4 × 4 inch/50 caliber guns[1]
1 × 3 inch/23 caliber guns
12 × 21 inch torpedo tubes (4×3)

USS Olympia class Protected cruiser ?
Reclassified: CA-15, 17 July 1921 (Armoured cruiser)[8D]

Time period of this game she is an Armoured cruiser,she is listed as a LC in game well for Dreadnoughts at War scenario she is an Armoured cruiser with 8" Guns.[:D]

Gamers here might be interested to know that I will be correcting many errors that have never been corrected by the developers of this game or Matrix for that matter!!!!!!




Name: USS Olympia

Namesake: Olympia, Washington

Ordered: 7 September 1888
Builder: Union Iron Works
San Francisco, California
Laid down: 17 June 1891
Launched: 5 November 1892
Sponsored by: Miss Ann B. Dickie
Commissioned: 5 February 1895
Decommissioned: 9 December 1922

Reclassified: CA-15, 17 July 1921
CL-15, 8 August 1921
IX-40, 30 June 1931
Fate: Museum ship

General characteristics

Displacement: 5,586 tons

Length: 344 ft 1 in (104.88 m)
Beam: 53 ft 0.625 in (16.17028 m)
Draft: 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
Propulsion: vertical triple-expansion steam engine
2 × screw propellers
Speed: 20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Range: 13,000 nmi (15,000 mi; 24,000 km)

Complement: 33 officers and 395 enlisted men

Armament:
4 × 8 in (200 mm)/35 cal Mark 4 guns (2x2)
10 × 5 in (130 mm)/40 cal guns (later replaced with 5 in (130 mm)/51 cal guns) (10x1)
14 × 6-pounders (57 mm (2.2 in)) (14x1), 6 × 1-pounders (37 mm (1.5 in)) (6x1)
4 × Gatling guns (4x1)
6 × 18 in (460 mm) above-surface torpedo tubes, firing Whitehead Mark 1 torpedoes

Armor:
Deck: 4.75 in (121 mm) on slopes; 2 in (51 mm) flat

USS Charlotte class ex ( Tennessee class ) Armoured cruiser[;)]

USS Kearsarge Pre-dreadnought completed.[;)]

Your art is getting very realistic. I like that

Thanks Rysyonok I'm trying to improve the art work as best I can,I'm striving to get the ship art, to look like the ships that it represents,and I have just completed the new art for USS Maine Pre-dreadnought.[8D]

New art for Illinois class pre-dreadnought completed[;)]

Amphitrite class monitor completed[;)]

Olympia this time in white as an option.[;)]

This work is really beautiful Graham! So how are the downloads? Is this work included in the latest Dreadnoughts at War scenario, or can you get them as a stand alone? I am looking forward to completely our move, mainly so I can play your scenario. My wife will be so happy [:'(]

Hi Tex,
           All the new art will be included with the next update,and just for you I have alot of Shenandoah airships scouting for the Japanese hehehehehe.[:D]

USS Indiana class Pre-dreadnought completed.[;)]

I feel the art is far better now, that I have changed my source for me to able to create it,can anyone quess what that source is ?

They are beautiful.

My gueses are:

www.the-blueprints.com?

www.globalsecurity.org?

Hi Connfire,your close I do use blueprints.com along with a few others,but what I find is best is scale model web sites like the one below.[;)]


http://www.steelnavy.com/gallery_battleships.htm