Thank you for this bit of information. If President Trump wants a 40K ton battleship it would be half the displacement of the Iowa class battleships. So in essence a Navy Cruiser.
They’ll be between 30-40,000 tons in displacement.
It’ll be a beast of ship. The Current Heaviest Surface Combatant Vessel in service with any nation is the Russian Kirov-Class Battlecruisers. They max out at 28,000 tons displacement with a full combat load out.
Supposing they hit the upper limit of its projected weight. At 40,000 tons It’ll be Heavier than any class of Battleship that has entered service with the U.S Navy outside the South Dakota and Iowa Class Battleships.
Even if you low ball it at 30,000 tons. It’ll be the most heavily armed and armored son of a bitch currently on the Ocean.
And they’re already working on a replacement for the Ford Class Carriers. Wonder what kind of behemoths that’ll produce
If it comes out on the high end of the predicted weight class.
At 40,000 tons It’ll be a Gargantuan Beast for a Warship in modern day. And he wants 25 of them.
He also announced they were planning a new Carrier class too.
I'm a girl and this is SO exciting to me!
The iowa class battle ships were almost 60 tons fully fitted out. Nimitz class carriers 90k tons.
Thank you for this bit of information. If President Trump wants a 40K ton battleship it would be half the displacement of the Iowa class battleships. So in essence a Navy Cruiser.
Maybe due to automation they can cut some tonnage.
Or could it be smaller but more resistant ?
They’ll be between 30-40,000 tons in displacement.
It’ll be a beast of ship. The Current Heaviest Surface Combatant Vessel in service with any nation is the Russian Kirov-Class Battlecruisers. They max out at 28,000 tons displacement with a full combat load out.
Supposing they hit the upper limit of its projected weight. At 40,000 tons It’ll be Heavier than any class of Battleship that has entered service with the U.S Navy outside the South Dakota and Iowa Class Battleships.
Even if you low ball it at 30,000 tons. It’ll be the most heavily armed and armored son of a bitch currently on the Ocean.
And they’re already working on a replacement for the Ford Class Carriers. Wonder what kind of behemoths that’ll produce