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Post subject: New Mexico Class Proposed DesignesPosted: August 20th, 2016, 8:31 pm
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The USS New Mexico was the most advanced, and the best protected battleship in the world when she was commisioned in 1918. She attracted a lot of interest from foreign navies and ship designers, especially from Britain. New Mexico is known for her 12x14"/50 guns. In most ways, she was almost the same as the preceeding Pennsylvania class. However, that was not the case with some of the earlier designs. Most of the preliminary designs for the New Mexico had 16 inch guns in either 3 twin turrets, 4 twin turrets, or 5 twin turrets. The 16 inch guns had been designed and tested in 1911, and was considered ready to be put onto ships in 1913. However, the secretary of the navy did not want the ships currently ship classes that were under construction (Nevada and Pennsylvania) to be rendered obsolete with the introduction of 16 inch guns. So the upcoming New Mexico was a repeat of the Pennsylvania, shipping 12x14 inch guns.

First up is the Design #4, which had 8x16 inch guns, and armor similar to the Pennsylvania class.
http://shipscribe.com/styles/S-584/imag ... 84031c.htm

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USS New Mexico as rebuilt in 1929-1931:
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USS New Mexico in 1941 with the experimental measure 1A:
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[spoiler=Design #4 SS Report]USS New Mexico, United States of America, Super Dreadnought, laid down in 1915

Displacement:
28 906 t light; 30 698 t standard; 32 000 t normal; 33 042 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
608,50 ft / 601,50 ft x 97,60 ft x 30,00 ft (normal load)
185,47 m / 183,34 m x 29,75 m x 9,14 m

Armament:
8 - 16,00" / 406 mm guns (4x2 guns), 2 048,00lbs / 928,96kg shells, 1913 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
Main guns limited to end-on fire
10 - 5,00" / 127 mm guns in single mounts, 62,50lbs / 28,35kg shells, 1913 Model
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts
on side, all amidships
2 - 5,00" / 127 mm guns in single mounts, 62,50lbs / 28,35kg shells, 1913 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 17 134 lbs / 7 772 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 120
4 - 21,0" / 533,4 mm submerged torpedo tubes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 8,00" / 203 mm 435,00 ft / 132,59 m 10,00 ft / 3,05 m
Ends: 13,5" / 343 mm 72,00 ft / 21,95 m 12,00 ft / 3,66 m
94,50 ft / 28,80 m Unarmoured ends
Upper: 13,5" / 343 mm 435,00 ft / 132,59 m 12,00 ft / 3,66 m
Main Belt covers 111 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
4,00" / 102 mm 507,00 ft / 154,53 m 12,00 ft / 3,66 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 18,0" / 457 mm 8,00" / 203 mm 13,0" / 330 mm
2nd: 1,00" / 25 mm 1,00" / 25 mm 1,00" / 25 mm

- Armour deck: 3,50" / 89 mm, Conning tower: 16,00" / 406 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 36 674 shp / 27 358 Kw = 21,00 kts
Range 8 000nm at 10,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2 343 tons

Complement:
1 196 - 1 555

Cost:
£3,286 million / $13,143 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2 142 tons, 6,7 %
Armour: 12 656 tons, 39,6 %
- Belts: 4 961 tons, 15,5 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 900 tons, 2,8 %
- Armament: 3 573 tons, 11,2 %
- Armour Deck: 2 875 tons, 9,0 %
- Conning Tower: 347 tons, 1,1 %
Machinery: 1 437 tons, 4,5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 12 671 tons, 39,6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3 094 tons, 9,7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0,0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
44 246 lbs / 20 070 Kg = 21,6 x 16,0 " / 406 mm shells or 7,4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,00
Metacentric height 4,9 ft / 1,5 m
Roll period: 18,6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 69 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 1,04
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,57

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0,636
Length to Beam Ratio: 6,16 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 24,53 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 44 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 44
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 15,07 degrees
Stern overhang: -3,00 ft / -0,91 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 26,00 ft / 7,92 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 26,00 ft / 7,92 m
- Mid (50 %): 26,00 ft / 7,92 m (18,50 ft / 5,64 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 18,50 ft / 5,64 m
- Stern: 18,50 ft / 5,64 m
- Average freeboard: 22,25 ft / 6,78 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 85,3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 155,3 %
Waterplane Area: 44 394 Square feet or 4 124 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 98 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 204 lbs/sq ft or 996 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,94
- Longitudinal: 1,78
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather[/spoiler]

Here is the Design #1, which has 10x16 in five twin turrets on a stretched hull.
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Based on this drawing:
http://shipscribe.com/styles/S-584/imag ... 84035c.htm

Here's the Design #6 which has the 3 twin 16 inch guns and more armor, check the SS report for the staggering ammount of armor it would have had.
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[spoiler=Design #6]USS New Mexico, United States of America, Super-Dreadnought, laid down in 1915

Displacement:
28 007 t light; 29 726 t standard; 31 000 t normal; 32 019 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
608,50 ft / 601,50 ft x 97,60 ft x 30,00 ft (normal load)
185,47 m / 183,34 m x 29,75 m x 9,14 m

Armament:
6 - 16,00" / 406 mm guns (3x2 guns), 2 048,00lbs / 928,96kg shells, 1913 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
10 - 5,00" / 127 mm guns in single mounts, 62,50lbs / 28,35kg shells, 1913 Model
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts
on side, all amidships
2 - 5,00" / 127 mm guns in single mounts, 62,50lbs / 28,35kg shells, 1913 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 13 038 lbs / 5 914 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
4 - 21,0" / 533,4 mm submerged torpedo tubes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 17,0" / 432 mm 511,00 ft / 155,75 m 12,00 ft / 3,66 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 131 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead:
5,00" / 127 mm 511,00 ft / 155,75 m 12,00 ft / 3,66 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 25,0" / 635 mm 12,0" / 305 mm 18,0" / 457 mm
2nd: 1,00" / 25 mm 1,00" / 25 mm 1,00" / 25 mm

- Armour deck: 4,00" / 102 mm, Conning tower: 17,00" / 432 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 35 731 shp / 26 656 Kw = 21,00 kts
Range 8 000nm at 10,00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2 294 tons

Complement:
1 167 - 1 518

Cost:
£2,777 million / $11,107 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1 630 tons, 5,3 %
Armour: 13 364 tons, 43,1 %
- Belts: 4 811 tons, 15,5 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1 134 tons, 3,7 %
- Armament: 3 790 tons, 12,2 %
- Armour Deck: 3 225 tons, 10,4 %
- Conning Tower: 404 tons, 1,3 %
Machinery: 1 400 tons, 4,5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 11 613 tons, 37,5 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2 993 tons, 9,7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0,0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
51 920 lbs / 23 551 Kg = 25,4 x 16,0 " / 406 mm shells or 9,8 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1,06
Metacentric height 5,4 ft / 1,7 m
Roll period: 17,6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 75 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0,76
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1,70

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0,616
Length to Beam Ratio: 6,16 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 24,53 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 44 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 44
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 15,07 degrees
Stern overhang: -3,00 ft / -0,91 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 26,00 ft / 7,92 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 26,00 ft / 7,92 m
- Mid (50 %): 26,00 ft / 7,92 m (18,50 ft / 5,64 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 18,50 ft / 5,64 m
- Stern: 18,50 ft / 5,64 m
- Average freeboard: 22,25 ft / 6,78 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): 156,2 %
Waterplane Area: 43 585 Square feet or 4 049 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 106 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 190 lbs/sq ft or 926 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0,93
- Longitudinal: 1,85
- Overall: 1,00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather[/spoiler]


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Post subject: Re: New Mexico Class Proposed DesignesPosted: August 21st, 2016, 8:23 am
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Very nice work! Does this mean a resumption of the USN BB drawings? :)

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Post subject: Re: New Mexico Class Proposed DesignesPosted: August 21st, 2016, 9:39 am
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Looks like a beginning of a very interesting series. Looking forward to see further additions.


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Post subject: Re: New Mexico Class Proposed DesignesPosted: August 21st, 2016, 12:50 pm
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emperor_andreas wrote:
Very nice work! Does this mean a resumption of the USN BB drawings? :)
It's possible, I dont have any new sources for the Delaware up to the New York classes. I might update the Pennsylvania, from which a lot on this drawing comes from. I might also do the New Mexico class and Tennessee class. I might also update the Colorado.
eswube wrote:
Looks like a beginning of a very interesting series. Looking forward to see further additions.
The USN had several interesting proposals that were considered. Some of them have been used in my Roman AU and my No Washington Treaty AU. Another interesting fact is that the Pennsylvania class could have been built with 8x15 inch guns.


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Post subject: Re: New Mexico Class Proposed DesignesPosted: August 21st, 2016, 10:49 pm
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I have added the USS New Mexico as rebuilt in 1931. I hope you like it, it has taken me the better part of 11 hours to draw.


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Post subject: Re: New Mexico Class Proposed DesignesPosted: August 21st, 2016, 11:42 pm
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Fine job :)

Will you draw the mid 40's version too?

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Post subject: Re: New Mexico Class Proposed DesignesPosted: August 22nd, 2016, 12:38 am
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Mate these are off the hook!! Fantastic effort - can't wait to see more :)

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Post subject: Re: New Mexico Class Proposed DesignesPosted: August 23rd, 2016, 7:53 am
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Nice work, its nice to see the alternative designs for New Mexico represented.
Let's just be careful the what-if refits don't overwhelm the real never-weres in this thread. ;)

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Post subject: Re: New Mexico Class Proposed DesignesPosted: August 23rd, 2016, 3:34 pm
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You are correct, however, if I slap on some triple 14 inch turrets, I have the USS Pennsylvania as she appeared in 1931. So in a sense, I have made both a hypothetical refit, and a real life ship.


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Post subject: Re: New Mexico Class Proposed DesignesPosted: September 11th, 2016, 5:46 pm
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I have added the Design Number 1 and the USS New Mexico as commisioned in 1918 for comparison. I have also added a wip of the Design Number 103 which has 12x14 inch guns in twin turrets.


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