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Work list: 1. various pre-1900 Zipang ships 2. Some protected cruisers and other miscellaneous projects

V-346 class nuclear ballitic missile submarine



Swordfish and Pompano were an experimental class of two ballistic missile submarines modified from the Seadragon class. They were the world's first operational warships capable of launching intercontinental ballistic missiles. The development of such a missile, the UGM-6 Manticore, was a many years long development. The missile was expensive and very advanced for its time and rendered any and all previous nuclear land-attack missiles obsolescent due to their incredible range, destructive capability and underwater launch capability. The boats themselves had four silos for launching the Manticore from underwater.

Specifications

Surface displacement - 3500 tonnes
Top speed - 15 knots
Underwater speed - 26 knots
Test depth - 250 meters
Torpedoes - 6 tubes. 24 reloads.
Missiles - 4 UGM-6 Manticore SLBMs
Decoys - Noise makers

Ships in class

V-346 Swordfish - likely lost to underwater action, 1384
V-347 Pompano - scrapped, 1388

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V-348 class nuclear ballitic missile submarine



The V-348-class were a series of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines carrying 16 silos for Manticore SLBMs. They and future SSBN type submarines were named after Antaran royalty, taking over that aspect from battleships, given their powerful, almost world ending nature. They were active between 1361 to 1398 and were part of the nuclear force that fired their arsenal at half of Aemore during the outbreak of the Nuclear War in 1386.

Specifications

Surface displacement - 6000 tonnes
Top speed - 16 knots
Underwater speed - 22 knots
Test depth - 210 meters
Torpedoes - 4 tubes. 12 reloads.
Missiles - 16 UGM-6 Manticore SLBMs
Decoys - Noise makers

Ships in class

V-348 to V-354. 6 members.

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V-355 class nuclear fleet submarine



The V-355-class, also called the Barracuda class, were a large series of nuclear fleet submarines and the workhorses of the post-World War silent service. They featured greatly improved quieting, dive depth, sonar, at the cost of a slower speed. They were generally. Their updated fire control systems allowed them to fire a wider variety of weapons and an improved dive-plane design made it possible for them to surface under thin ice. 50 members of the class were commissioned between 1365 and 1372 and replaced many older World-War era fleet boats as they were launched.

Although the navy was considerably outnumbered by the recently formed Aemoric Union in raw submarine numbers, it was counter balanced by vastly more advanced and sophisticated boats they were producing. Dunavaria, the primary military power behind the AU, contributed 600 vessels, whilst East Siegmaria, Wesmere, Saliam and Libeccia contributed another 500. Having more than a three-to-one advantage in numbers by 1386, the Antarans needed to rely on more than just a technological edge, and thus their surface ASW fleet did not slack.

During the Nuclear War, tallies for ASW kills reached 122 vessels by the Barracuda class alone, at a cost of 24 ships from all causes. If other kills are factored in, on average a Barracuda class destroyed 10 vessels of all types before itself sinking. By World War standards, this might've been unimpressive, but the Antaran Navy did not participate signifincantly in merchant raiding unlike the last global conflict. The sinkings were primarily against warships.







Specifications

Surface displacement - 4700 tonnes
Top speed - 15 knots
Underwater speed - 26 knots
Test depth - 400 meters
Torpedoes - 6 tubes. 26 reloads.
Missiles - Tube launched AShMs and AGMs. Some vessels had short-range SAMs.
Mines - Tube launched
Decoys - Noise makers. Mimic torpedoes

Ships in class

V-355 to V-405. 50 members.

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V-406 class nuclear ballitic missile submarine



The V-348-class were a series of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines carrying 16 silos for Manticore SLBMs. They and future SSBN type submarines were named after Antaran royalty, taking over that aspect from battleships, given their powerful, almost world ending nature. They were active between 1361 to 1398 and were part of the nuclear force that fired their arsenal at half of Aemore during the outbreak of the Nuclear War in 1386.

Specifications

Surface displacement - 7300 tonnes
Top speed - 16 knots
Underwater speed - 21 knots
Test depth - 400 meters
Torpedoes - 4 tubes. 12 reloads.
Missiles - 16 UGM-6 Manticore SLBMs
Decoys - Noise makers

Ships in class

V-406 to V-421. 15 members.

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V-414 class nuclear ballitic missile submarine



The V-414s, also called the Trigger class, where another mainstay class of nuclear fleet submarines in service with the Antaran Navy just prior to the Nuclear War and for decades after. Compared to the previous class, the Triggers were significantly quicker with no cost in silencing, and were more soundly built, resulting in a deeper test depth. 43 boats were commissioned between 1378 and 1392, in three flights. The second and third flights along with general improvements also saw the extention of the hull to house 12 VLS tubes capable of launching cruise missiles. They had an average kill-to-loss ratio similiar to the Barracuda class, at 11 sinkings before being lost, the highest of any warship within any navy during the Nuclear War. 8 vessels were lost during the war but were credited with nearly 100 sinkings among just 12 vessels.





Specifications

Surface displacement - 5700 (Flight I), 6000 tonnes (Flight II)
Top speed - 20 knots
Underwater speed - 33 knots
Test depth - 450 meters
Torpedoes - 4 tubes. 26 reloads.
Missiles - Tube launched AShMs and AGMs. 16 silos for cruise missiles (Flight II+)
Mines - Tube launched
Decoys - Noise makers. Mimic torpedoes

Ships in class

V-414 to V-457. 43 members.

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Great drawings (as always)!
(but AFAIK having vertical silos on a sub doesn't make it SSBN )

SSGN would perhaps be the more correct term