United States Navy: Pre-1900 Ships

[Guinness]

"2 x Single mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread" is that right? Should it be twins?

Seakeeping:



Seems good enough to me.

[snip]

Good catch. Fixed.

Puritan, United States Monitor laid down 1893

Displacement:
   4,323 t light; 4,561 t standard; 5,000 t normal; 5,352 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (230.00 ft / 230.00 ft) x 60.00 ft x (18.00 / 19.11 ft)
   (70.10 m / 70.10 m) x 18.29 m  x (5.49 / 5.82 m)

Armament:
      4 - 12.00" / 305 mm 35.0 cal guns - 870.00lbs / 394.63kg shells, 60 per gun
     Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1893 Model
     2 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
      4 - 4.00" / 102 mm 40.0 cal guns - 33.00lbs / 14.97kg shells, 150 per gun
     Breech loading guns in casemate mounts, 1890 Model
     4 x Single mounts on sides, aft deck forward
      6 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm 40.0 cal guns - 6.00lbs / 2.72kg shells, 550 per gun
     Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1890 Model
     6 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      6 raised mounts
      Weight of broadside 3,648 lbs / 1,655 kg

Armour:
   - Belts:      Width (max)   Length (avg)      Height (avg)
   Main:   15.0" / 381 mm   149.50 ft / 45.57 m   8.00 ft / 2.44 m
   Ends:   9.00" / 229 mm     80.48 ft / 24.53 m   8.00 ft / 2.44 m
     Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length

   - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   8.00" / 203 mm   8.00" / 203 mm      14.0" / 356 mm

   - Armoured deck - single deck:
   For and Aft decks: 2.00" / 51 mm
   Forecastle: 2.00" / 51 mm  Quarter deck: 2.00" / 51 mm

   - Conning towers: Forward 10.00" / 254 mm, Aft 10.00" / 254 mm

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
   Direct drive, 2 shafts, 2,500 ihp / 1,865 Kw = 12.77 kts
   Range 4,000nm at 10.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 791 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
   296 - 386

Cost:
   £0.455 million / $1.819 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 471 tons, 9.4 %
      - Guns: 471 tons, 9.4 %
   Armour: 1,973 tons, 39.5 %
      - Belts: 1,095 tons, 21.9 %
      - Armament: 337 tons, 6.7 %
      - Armour Deck: 414 tons, 8.3 %
      - Conning Towers: 126 tons, 2.5 %
   Machinery: 439 tons, 8.8 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,416 tons, 28.3 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 677 tons, 13.5 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 24 tons, 0.5 %
      - Hull below water: 4 tons
      - Hull above water: 10 tons
      - On freeboard deck: 10 tons

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     4,303 lbs / 1,952 Kg = 5.0 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 1.5 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.11
   Metacentric height 2.8 ft / 0.9 m
   Roll period: 15.0 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 40 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.16
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 0.35

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has raised forecastle,
     a normal bow and a cruiser stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.705 / 0.710
   Length to Beam Ratio: 3.83 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 15.17 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 51 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 91
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
   Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
   Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
            Fore end,    Aft end
      - Forecastle:   10.00 %,  5.00 ft / 1.52 m,  5.00 ft / 1.52 m
      - Forward deck:   30.00 %,  3.00 ft / 0.91 m,  3.00 ft / 0.91 m
      - Aft deck:   45.00 %,  3.00 ft / 0.91 m,  3.00 ft / 0.91 m
      - Quarter deck:   15.00 %,  3.00 ft / 0.91 m,  3.00 ft / 0.91 m
      - Average freeboard:      3.20 ft / 0.98 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 72.6 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 21.4 %
   Waterplane Area: 11,105 Square feet or 1,032 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 97 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 122 lbs/sq ft or 596 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.94
      - Longitudinal: 1.64
      - Overall: 1.00
   Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
   Extremely poor accommodation and workspace room
   Caution: Lacks seaworthiness - very limited seakeeping ability

[Walter]

Looking at that picture, the "Ship tends to be wet forward" remark in the SS data makes me laugh. It's wet everywhere! ;D

[snip]

Seeing as all these designs lack misc weight info, here it is.

Oregon
  Miscellaneous weights: 90 tons, 0.9 %
      - Hull below water: 30 tons
   1t bow and stern 14" torpedo tubes
   2t side 14" torpedo tubes (One at each end of citadel per side)
   10t reload 14" torpedoes (20)
   10t Additional Pumps and other Flood Control equipment
   7t Reserve
      - Hull above water: 30 tons
   30t Accommodations for 15 additional Marines
      - On freeboard deck: 30 tons
   20t Flag facilities
   4t Additional boats
   6t Reserve
   

Iowa
Miscellaneous weights: 30 tons, 0.3 %
      - Hull below water: 20 tons
   1t bow and stern 14" torpedo tubes
   2t side 14" torpedo tubes (One at each end of citadel per side)
   10t reload 14" torpedoes (20)
   5t Additional pumps
   3t Reserve
      - Hull above water: 5 tons
   5t Reserve
      - On freeboard deck: 5 tons
   5t Reserve

Wisconsin
   Miscellaneous weights: 70 tons, 0.6 %
      - Hull below water: 30 tons
   1t bow and stern 14" torpedo tubes
   2t side 14" torpedo tubes (One at each end of citadel per side)
   10t reload 14" torpedoes (20)
   10t Additional Pumps and other Flood Control equipment
   7t Reserve
      - Hull above water: 20 tons
   20t Accommodations for 10 additional Marines
      - On freeboard deck: 20 tons
15t Flag facilities
   4t Additional boats
   1t Reserve

Lexington
   Miscellaneous weights: 80 tons, 0.9 %
      - Hull below water: 15 tons
   1t bow and stern 14" torpedo tubes
   2t side 14" torpedo tubes (One at each end of citadel per side)
   10t reload 14" torpedoes (20)
   2t Reserve
      - Hull above water: 40 tons
   40t Accommodations for 20 additional Marines
      - On freeboard deck: 25 tons
   20t Flag facilities
   4t Additional boats
   1t Reserve

Brandywine
Miscellaneous weights: 50 tons, 0.3 %
      - Hull below water: 10 tons
   2t side 14" torpedo tubes (One at each end of citadel per side)
   8t reload 14" torpedos (16)
      - Hull above water: 20 tons
      - On freeboard deck: 20 tons
   20t Flag facilities

Olympia
None

Richmond
Miscellaneous weights: 50 tons, 1.6 %
      - Hull below water: 20 tons
   10t Additional Marine equipment
   5t Additional pumps
   5t Reserve
      - Hull above water: 10 tons
   10t Accommodations for 5 additional Marines
      - On freeboard deck: 20 tons
   10t Accommodations for 5 additional Marines
   4t Additoinal boats
   6t Torpedo Boat leader equipment
   

Providence
Miscellaneous weights: 40 tons, 0.8 %
      - Hull above water: 20 tons
20t Accommodations for 10 additional Marines
      - On freeboard deck: 20 tons
   10t Improved Optical equipment
   6t Torpedo Boat leader equipment
   4t Reserve

Stringham
Miscellaneous weights: 10 tons, 3.3 %
      - On freeboard deck: 10 tons
   2t Four single 14" torpedo tubes
   4t Turtle deck re-enforcement
   2t Torpedo reloads
   2t Reserve

Chauncy
Miscellaneous weights: 10 tons, 2.0 %
      - On freeboard deck: 10 tons
   2t Four single 14" torpedo tubes
   4t Spray-proofing measures
   2t Torpedo reloads
   2t Reserve

Winslow
Miscellaneous weights: 2 tons, 1.2 %
      - On freeboard deck: 2 tons
   1.5t Three single 14" torpedo tubes
   0.5t Reserve

Dahlgren
Miscellaneous weights: 2 tons, 1.2 %
      - On freeboard deck: 2 tons
   1.5t Three single 14" torpedo tubes
   0.5t Reserve

Princeton
Miscellaneous weights: 180 tons, 15.0 %
      - Hull below water: 30 tons
   15t Additional Marine equipment
   10t Accommodations for 5 additional Marines
   5t Additional pumps
      - Hull above water: 50 tons
   50t Accommodations for 25 additional Marines
      - On freeboard deck: 100 tons
   70t Accommodations for 35 additional Marines
   28t Additional boats
   2t Reserve

Puritan   
Miscellaneous weights: 24 tons, 0.5 %
      - Hull below water: 4 tons
   4t Additional pumps
      - Hull above water: 10 tons
   10t Waterproofing
      - On freeboard deck: 10 tons
   5t Spray shielding
   5t Waterproofing