USN ships

[KWorld]

An ahistorical predecessor to the OTL Pennsylvanias: similar design and layout, just a touch smaller, slower, and armed with older light weapons.

USS Georgia, United States Armored Cruiser laid down 1897

Displacement:
   9,905 t light; 10,294 t standard; 11,327 t normal; 12,153 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (480.00 ft / 480.00 ft) x 65.00 ft x (23.75 / 25.10 ft)
   (146.30 m / 146.30 m) x 19.81 m  x (7.24 / 7.65 m)

Armament:
      4 - 8.00" / 203 mm 40.0 cal guns - 259.99lbs / 117.93kg shells, 120 per gun
     Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1897 Model
     2 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
      14 - 5.00" / 127 mm 40.0 cal guns - 50.00lbs / 22.68kg shells, 200 per gun
     Breech loading guns in casemate mounts, 1897 Model
     14 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      10 hull mounts in casemates- Limited use in all but light seas
      12 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm 45.0 cal guns - 6.00lbs / 2.72kg shells, 400 per gun
     Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1897 Model
     12 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      12 raised mounts
      Weight of broadside 1,812 lbs / 822 kg
      Main Torpedoes
      2 - 18.0" / 457 mm, 13.12 ft / 4.00 m torpedoes - 0.435 t each, 0.870 t total
   submerged side tubes
      2nd Torpedoes
      8 - 18.0" / 457 mm, 13.12 ft / 4.00 m torpedoes - 0.435 t each, 3.480 t total
   below water reloads

Armour:
   - Belts:      Width (max)   Length (avg)      Height (avg)
   Main:   6.00" / 152 mm   350.00 ft / 106.68 m   12.50 ft / 3.81 m
   Ends:   3.50" / 89 mm   129.98 ft / 39.62 m   12.50 ft / 3.81 m
   Upper:   4.00" / 102 mm   350.40 ft / 106.80 m   7.00 ft / 2.13 m
     Main Belt covers 112 % of normal length

   - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   6.00" / 152 mm   4.00" / 102 mm      6.00" / 152 mm
   2nd:   6.00" / 152 mm   2.00" / 51 mm      4.00" / 102 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 9.00" / 229 mm, Aft 6.00" / 152 mm

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
   Direct drive, 2 shafts, 21,478 ihp / 16,023 Kw = 21.50 kts
   Range 6,500nm at 10.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 1,858 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
   548 - 713

Cost:
   £0.961 million / $3.842 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 329 tons, 2.9 %
      - Guns: 323 tons, 2.9 %
      - Weapons: 6 tons, 0.1 %
   Armour: 3,085 tons, 27.2 %
      - Belts: 1,709 tons, 15.1 %
      - Armament: 412 tons, 3.6 %
      - Armour Deck: 801 tons, 7.1 %
      - Conning Towers: 163 tons, 1.4 %
   Machinery: 3,521 tons, 31.1 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,966 tons, 26.2 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,422 tons, 12.6 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     9,731 lbs / 4,414 Kg = 38.0 x 8.0 " / 203 mm shells or 4.1 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.47
   Metacentric height 5.1 ft / 1.6 m
   Roll period: 12.1 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 76 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.16
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.53

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has a flush deck,
     a normal bow and a cruiser stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.535 / 0.543
   Length to Beam Ratio: 7.38 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 21.91 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 46 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
   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:   20.00 %,  20.00 ft / 6.10 m,  14.50 ft / 4.42 m
      - Forward deck:   30.00 %,  14.50 ft / 4.42 m,  14.50 ft / 4.42 m
      - Aft deck:   35.00 %,  14.50 ft / 4.42 m,  14.50 ft / 4.42 m
      - Quarter deck:   15.00 %,  14.50 ft / 4.42 m,  14.50 ft / 4.42 m
      - Average freeboard:      14.94 ft / 4.55 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 112.1 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 108.2 %
   Waterplane Area: 21,471 Square feet or 1,995 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 100 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 98 lbs/sq ft or 479 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.96
      - Longitudinal: 1.35
      - Overall: 1.00
   Cramped machinery, storage, compartmentation space
   Adequate accommodation and workspace room
   Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
   Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

[KWorld]

An a-historical protected cruiser.

USS Montgomery, United States Protected Cruiser laid down 1898

Displacement:
   3,687 t light; 3,822 t standard; 4,310 t normal; 4,700 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (430.20 ft / 420.00 ft) x 42.25 ft x (17.00 / 18.15 ft)
   (131.13 m / 128.02 m) x 12.88 m  x (5.18 / 5.53 m)

Armament:
      2 - 6.00" / 152 mm 50.0 cal guns - 105.01lbs / 47.63kg shells, 120 per gun
     Breech loading guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1898 Model
     2 x Single mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
      6 - 4.00" / 102 mm 50.0 cal guns - 33.00lbs / 14.97kg shells, 250 per gun
     Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1898 Model
     6 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      8 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm 45.0 cal guns - 5.70lbs / 2.58kg shells, 300 per gun
     Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1898 Model
     8 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      8 raised mounts
      Weight of broadside 454 lbs / 206 kg
      Main Torpedoes
      4 - 18.0" / 457 mm, 13.12 ft / 4.00 m torpedoes - 0.405 t each, 1.620 t total
   In 2 sets of deck mounted carriage/fixed tubes
      2nd Torpedoes
      8 - 18.0" / 457 mm, 13.12 ft / 4.00 m torpedoes - 0.405 t each, 3.240 t total
   In 2 sets of deck mounted reloads

Armour:
   - Belts:      Width (max)   Length (avg)      Height (avg)
   Ends:   Unarmoured
   Upper:   2.00" / 51 mm   400.00 ft / 121.92 m   5.00 ft / 1.52 m

   - Gun armour:   Face (max)   Other gunhouse (avg)   Barbette/hoist (max)
   Main:   2.00" / 51 mm         -         2.00" / 51 mm
   2nd:   1.00" / 25 mm         -               -

   - Protected deck - single deck:
   For and Aft decks: 1.50" / 38 mm
   Forecastle: 1.00" / 25 mm  Quarter deck: 1.50" / 38 mm

   - Conning towers: Forward 3.00" / 76 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
   Direct drive, 2 shafts, 11,944 ihp / 8,910 Kw = 21.50 kts
   Range 5,500nm at 10.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 878 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
   265 - 345

Cost:
   £0.433 million / $1.731 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 123 tons, 2.9 %
      - Guns: 117 tons, 2.7 %
      - Weapons: 6 tons, 0.1 %
   Armour: 517 tons, 12.0 %
      - Belts: 153 tons, 3.6 %
      - Armament: 26 tons, 0.6 %
      - Armour Deck: 321 tons, 7.4 %
      - Conning Tower: 17 tons, 0.4 %
   Machinery: 1,902 tons, 44.1 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,144 tons, 26.5 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 623 tons, 14.5 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     2,087 lbs / 947 Kg = 19.3 x 6.0 " / 152 mm shells or 1.8 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.52
   Metacentric height 2.8 ft / 0.9 m
   Roll period: 10.6 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.15
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.37

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has a flush deck,
     a ram bow and a cruiser stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.500 / 0.511
   Length to Beam Ratio: 9.94 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 20.49 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 44 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 51
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -10.00 degrees
   Stern overhang: 4.20 ft / 1.28 m
   Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
            Fore end,    Aft end
      - Forecastle:   20.00 %,  15.00 ft / 4.57 m,  12.00 ft / 3.66 m
      - Forward deck:   20.00 %,  12.00 ft / 3.66 m,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m
      - Aft deck:   45.00 %,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m
      - Quarter deck:   15.00 %,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m,  10.00 ft / 3.05 m
      - Average freeboard:      10.84 ft / 3.30 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 151.2 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 84.7 %
   Waterplane Area: 11,823 Square feet or 1,098 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 91 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 65 lbs/sq ft or 317 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.99
      - Longitudinal: 1.00
      - Overall: 1.00
   Cramped machinery, storage, compartmentation space
   Cramped accommodation and workspace room
   Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
   Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

[KWorld]

A small torpedo boat, featuring a pair of Marlin machineguns firing the 6mm Lee Navy round.

USS Rowan, United States Torpedo boat laid down 1897

Displacement:
   177 t light; 182 t standard; 199 t normal; 213 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (181.41 ft / 180.00 ft) x 17.00 ft x (6.00 / 6.26 ft)
   (55.29 m / 54.86 m) x 5.18 m  x (1.83 / 1.91 m)

Armament:
      2 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm 45.0 cal guns - 6.00lbs / 2.72kg shells, 200 per gun
     Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1897 Model
     2 x Single mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
      2 - 0.24" / 6.0 mm 60.0 cal guns - 0.01lbs / 0.00kg shells, 1,200 per gun
     Machine guns in deck mounts, 1897 Model
     2 x Single mounts on sides, forward deck centre
      2 raised mounts
      Weight of broadside 12 lbs / 5 kg
      Main Torpedoes
      2 - 18.0" / 457 mm, 13.12 ft / 4.00 m torpedoes - 0.435 t each, 0.870 t total
   In 2 sets of deck mounted carriage/fixed tubes

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
   Direct drive, 2 shafts, 3,631 ihp / 2,709 Kw = 24.00 kts
   Range 1,200nm at 10.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 31 tons (100% coal)
     Caution: Delicate, lightweight machinery

Complement:
   26 - 34

Cost:
   £0.024 million / $0.096 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 4 tons, 1.8 %
      - Guns: 2 tons, 1.2 %
      - Weapons: 1 tons, 0.5 %
   Machinery: 123 tons, 61.7 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 50 tons, 25.2 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 23 tons, 11.3 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     39 lbs / 18 Kg = 6.8 x 2.2 " / 57 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.12
   Metacentric height 0.4 ft / 0.1 m
   Roll period: 10.8 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 90 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.11
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 0.90

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has a flush deck,
     a normal bow and a cruiser stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.380 / 0.389
   Length to Beam Ratio: 10.59 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 13.42 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 64 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 100
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10.00 degrees
   Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
   Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
            Fore end,    Aft end
      - Forecastle:   20.00 %,  8.00 ft / 2.44 m,  6.50 ft / 1.98 m
      - Forward deck:   10.00 %,  6.50 ft / 1.98 m,  6.50 ft / 1.98 m
      - Aft deck:   55.00 %,  6.50 ft / 1.98 m,  6.50 ft / 1.98 m
      - Quarter deck:   15.00 %,  6.50 ft / 1.98 m,  6.50 ft / 1.98 m
      - Average freeboard:      6.62 ft / 2.02 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 202.3 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 86.6 %
   Waterplane Area: 1,859 Square feet or 173 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 17 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 15 lbs/sq ft or 74 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.50
      - Longitudinal: 1.25
      - Overall: 0.55
   Extremely poor machinery, storage, compartmentation space
   Cramped accommodation and workspace room
   Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
   Poor seaboat, wet and uncomfortable, reduced performance in heavy weather

Trials speed 30.17 knots

[KWorld]

Oh, question: in the Destroyer tech rules, there's mention of a maximum displacement.  Is that a light, standard, normal, or maximum displacement number?

[Tanthalas]

Oh, question: in the Destroyer tech rules, there's mention of a maximum displacement.  Is that a light, standard, normal, or maximum displacement number?

Light, all Nverse displacement rules are light.  the TB is kinda nice btw bit smaller than I intend to build but nice all the same.

[KWorld]

Oh, question: in the Destroyer tech rules, there's mention of a maximum displacement.  Is that a light, standard, normal, or maximum displacement number?

Light, all Nverse displacement rules are light.  the TB is kinda nice btw bit smaller than I intend to build but nice all the same.

OK, wanted to be sure.

Yeah, not a bad LITTLE design.  The USN isn't likely to buy them in any quantity, they're really not useful unless someone decides to try to blockade my coasts, but not a bad idea to have a design ready in case I need it.  And they'd be cheap little test vehicles for the Torpedo Flotilla.

[Tanthalas]

Oh I have one of them, its labled "incase of war break glass" it starts out as a 1900 ship but is easily upgradeable through 1920.

Oh, question: in the Destroyer tech rules, there's mention of a maximum displacement.  Is that a light, standard, normal, or maximum displacement number?

Light, all Nverse displacement rules are light.  the TB is kinda nice btw bit smaller than I intend to build but nice all the same.

OK, wanted to be sure.

Yeah, not a bad LITTLE design.  The USN isn't likely to buy them in any quantity, they're really not useful unless someone decides to try to blockade my coasts, but not a bad idea to have a design ready in case I need it.  And they'd be cheap little test vehicles for the Torpedo Flotilla.

[KWorld]

A torpedo boat destroyer, based on the historical USS Truxtun.

USS Truxtun, United States Torpedo boat destroyer laid down 1901

Displacement:
   379 t light; 394 t standard; 443 t normal; 482 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (252.29 ft / 250.00 ft) x 22.50 ft x (7.25 / 7.65 ft)
   (76.90 m / 76.20 m) x 6.86 m  x (2.21 / 2.33 m)

Armament:
      2 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm 50.0 cal guns - 14.29lbs / 6.48kg shells, 200 per gun
     Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1901 Model
     2 x Single mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
      2 raised mounts
      5 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm 45.0 cal guns - 6.00lbs / 2.72kg shells, 200 per gun
     Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1901 Model
     4 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
     1 x Single mount on centreline, aft deck centre
      Weight of broadside 59 lbs / 27 kg
      Main Torpedoes
      2 - 18.0" / 457 mm, 13.12 ft / 4.00 m torpedoes - 0.503 t each, 1.007 t total
   In 2 sets of deck mounted centre rotating tubes

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
   Direct drive, 2 shafts, 7,914 ihp / 5,904 Kw = 26.75 kts
   Range 1,500nm at 12.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 88 tons (100% coal)
     Caution: Delicate, lightweight machinery

Complement:
   47 - 62

Cost:
   £0.054 million / $0.216 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 14 tons, 3.1 %
      - Guns: 12 tons, 2.7 %
      - Weapons: 2 tons, 0.5 %
   Machinery: 269 tons, 60.7 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 96 tons, 21.7 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 64 tons, 14.5 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     73 lbs / 33 Kg = 5.4 x 3.0 " / 76 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.16
   Metacentric height 0.7 ft / 0.2 m
   Roll period: 11.3 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 86 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.22
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 0.86

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
     a normal bow and a cruiser stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.380 / 0.392
   Length to Beam Ratio: 11.11 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 15.81 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 61 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 100
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10.00 degrees
   Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
   Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
            Fore end,    Aft end
      - Forecastle:   20.00 %,  13.00 ft / 3.96 m,  13.00 ft / 3.96 m
      - Forward deck:   5.00 %,  13.00 ft / 3.96 m,  13.00 ft / 3.96 m
      - Aft deck:   60.00 %,  6.00 ft / 1.83 m,  6.00 ft / 1.83 m
      - Quarter deck:   15.00 %,  6.00 ft / 1.83 m,  6.00 ft / 1.83 m
      - Average freeboard:      7.75 ft / 2.36 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 203.1 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 74.8 %
   Waterplane Area: 3,417 Square feet or 317 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 18 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 18 lbs/sq ft or 90 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.50
      - Longitudinal: 0.74
      - Overall: 0.52
   Extremely poor machinery, storage, compartmentation space
   Cramped accommodation and workspace room
   Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
   Poor seaboat, wet and uncomfortable, reduced performance in heavy weather

Trials speed = 30.44 knots.

[KWorld]

And a somewhat larger a-historical TBD.

USS Bainbridge, United States Torpedo boat destroyer laid down 1901

Displacement:
   487 t light; 507 t standard; 582 t normal; 643 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
   (262.82 ft / 260.00 ft) x 25.00 ft x (8.25 / 8.79 ft)
   (80.11 m / 79.25 m) x 7.62 m  x (2.51 / 2.68 m)

Armament:
      3 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm 50.0 cal guns - 14.29lbs / 6.48kg shells, 200 per gun
     Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1901 Model
     3 x Single mounts on centreline ends, majority forward
      2 raised mounts - superfiring
      4 - 2.24" / 57.0 mm 45.0 cal guns - 6.00lbs / 2.72kg shells, 200 per gun
     Quick firing guns in deck mounts, 1901 Model
     4 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
      Weight of broadside 67 lbs / 30 kg
      Main Torpedoes
      2 - 18.0" / 457 mm, 13.12 ft / 4.00 m torpedoes - 0.503 t each, 1.007 t total
   In 2 sets of deck mounted centre rotating tubes

Machinery:
   Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
   Direct drive, 2 shafts, 9,681 ihp / 7,222 Kw = 27.00 kts
   Range 2,000nm at 12.00 kts
   Bunker at max displacement = 136 tons (100% coal)
     Caution: Delicate, lightweight machinery

Complement:
   59 - 77

Cost:
   £0.070 million / $0.279 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
   Armament: 16 tons, 2.7 %
      - Guns: 14 tons, 2.4 %
      - Weapons: 2 tons, 0.3 %
   Machinery: 351 tons, 60.2 %
   Hull, fittings & equipment: 121 tons, 20.8 %
   Fuel, ammunition & stores: 95 tons, 16.3 %
   Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
   Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
     99 lbs / 45 Kg = 7.3 x 3.0 " / 76 mm shells or 0.4 torpedoes
   Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.22
   Metacentric height 0.9 ft / 0.3 m
   Roll period: 11.1 seconds
   Steadiness   - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 87 %
         - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.16
   Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 0.87

Hull form characteristics:
   Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
     a normal bow and a cruiser stern
   Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.380 / 0.394
   Length to Beam Ratio: 10.40 : 1
   'Natural speed' for length: 16.12 kts
   Power going to wave formation at top speed: 61 %
   Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 100
   Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10.00 degrees
   Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
   Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
            Fore end,    Aft end
      - Forecastle:   20.00 %,  16.00 ft / 4.88 m,  13.50 ft / 4.11 m
      - Forward deck:   5.00 %,  13.50 ft / 4.11 m,  13.50 ft / 4.11 m
      - Aft deck:   60.00 %,  6.50 ft / 1.98 m,  6.50 ft / 1.98 m
      - Quarter deck:   15.00 %,  6.50 ft / 1.98 m,  6.50 ft / 1.98 m
      - Average freeboard:      8.45 ft / 2.58 m
   Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
   Space   - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 200.7 %
      - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 74.7 %
   Waterplane Area: 3,948 Square feet or 367 Square metres
   Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 19 %
   Structure weight / hull surface area: 20 lbs/sq ft or 98 Kg/sq metre
   Hull strength (Relative):
      - Cross-sectional: 0.50
      - Longitudinal: 0.79
      - Overall: 0.52
   Extremely poor machinery, storage, compartmentation space
   Cramped accommodation and workspace room
   Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
   Poor seaboat, wet and uncomfortable, reduced performance in heavy weather

Trials speed = 29.90 knots

[snip]

Why are the 3" guns L5s? Should they by L50s?

[KWorld]

Hah!  Yes, they should be L50s.  Fixed.

[snip]

I figured it was a typo, unless you want mortors that bad :o

[KWorld]

I figured it was a typo, unless you want mortors that bad :o

Hah, no mortars on a torpedo boat destroyer.  Can't see a purpose in mortars on a USN vessel at this time period, anyway.  Besides, the only mortars in the US inventory at this time period would have been 12" and 10" coast mortars, not the thing to fit on the deck of a TBD.

[Tanthalas]

Oh it wold proly fit, the question is more like how exciting would it get the first time it was lit off...

I figured it was a typo, unless you want mortors that bad :o

Hah, no mortars on a torpedo boat destroyer.  Can't see a purpose in mortars on a USN vessel at this time period, anyway.  Besides, the only mortars in the US inventory at this time period would have been 12" and 10" coast mortars, not the thing to fit on the deck of a TBD.

[KWorld]

You could probably fit it aboard, but at 78.5 tons between gun and mount, the ship won't be happy about the topweight.  And firing abeam.... not a good idea.