Carrier details

[AKcurly]

Does anyone know the length of the carrier?  What is its speed when under full steam?

Can't accurately bomb unless we know that ...

AKcurly

[Fishu]

I was yesterday driving aside of destroyer in the CV group.. it was pretty fast.
My PT-boat travelled over 47mph and I kept aside destroyer when I had about 35mph.


..or is that knots?  I don't really know when they don't even have metrics on jap/european planes, why would there be knots  

[This message has been edited by Fishu (edited 12-27-2000).]

[flakbait]

Our carrier is an Essex-class, short hull. Below specs were stolen...err originally posted on www.warships1.com


 

Length (overall): 873 ft
Beam: 93 ft
Draft: 29 ft
Flight deck: 873 ft by 95 ft

Top speed: 33 knots (36.3mph)

Armor:

Main belt: 2-3" amidships
Deck: 1" flight deck, 2.5" hangar deck

Armament:

12, 5"/38 caliber guns
Up to 80 40mm mounts
Up to 60 20mm mounts

And just for the hell of it, the specs of a Baltimore-class cruiser:

 

Length (overall): 673 ft
Beam: 69.75 ft
Draft: 21.5 ft

Top speed: 33 knots (36.3mph)

Armor:

Main belt: 6.08"
Deck: 2.56"
Turrets: 8.32"

Armament:

9 8"/55 caliber in three triple mounts
12 5"/38 caliber
48 40mm guns
26 20mm guns

Specs of the 8"/55 caliber Mk 12 gun:

Types and weights of projectile:
APC (Superheavy): 335lbs
APC (Standard): 260lbs
HC: 260lbs

Penetration with APC (Superheavy) round:
Yards
10,800        10"
15,400        8"
20,800        6"
24,400        5"
28,600        4"

 

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Flakbait
Delta 6's Flight School
"For yay did the sky darken, and split open and spew forth fire, and
through the smoke rode the Four Wurgers of the Apocalypse.
And on their canopies was tattooed the number of the Beast, and the
number was 190." Jedi, Verse Five, Capter Two, The Book of Dweeb
 

[juzz]

80x40mm? 60x20mm!! Were the hell did they fit all those guns?!

The AH carrier only has 32x40mm in 8 quad installations, and 6x20mm guns.

And the AH cruiser has only 24x40mm, and 6x20mm.

The destroyer has 5" front and rear turrets, 6x20mm and 4x40mm.

What class is the DD supposed to be?

[flakbait]

Where they stuck the guns is beyond me, but we don't have a DD. According to Pyro, we've got a DE; yep, destroyer-escort. What class I don't know, but I was kinda hoping for an Allen M Sumner class. 6 5"/38 caliber guns along with a buttload of extras. Torps too. Found a great story about one against 22 kamikaze planes here:

 http://www.thehistorynet.com/WorldWarII/articles/1998/0398_text.htm


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Flakbait
Delta 6's Flight School
"For yay did the sky darken, and split open and spew forth fire, and
through the smoke rode the Four Wurgers of the Apocalypse.
And on their canopies was tattooed the number of the Beast, and the
number was 190." Jedi, Verse Five, Capter Two, The Book of Dweeb
 

[SKurj]

Hit the knit carrier at full steam from 25k in a lanc last night +)
The strange thing is, that a miss with a bomb shows a little splash (visible from 25k) but a hit leaves a bomb crater similar to that left on land.

AKskurj

[Torgo]

I really hope long term the CVs prove totally unhittable level-bombing (as they were historically.)

Of course, because there are no large bomber formations, the accuracy of level bombing is about 100 times what it was historically (and I think that's a reasonable accomodation of playability over realism for the buff guys) but I do hope that changes take place that make it insanely hard to hit a CV with a level bomber at 10k+.

[Replicant]

Skurj

How many CV lengths did you have to aim infront of the CV to hit?

Cheers

Nexx