Kressy Class Battleship

Kressy Class Battleship
Production Information
Manufacturer	General Dynamics Naval Systems
Designer	General Dynamics Naval Systems
Class	Battleship, Nuclear Powered(BBN)
Cost	23.7 Billion Tarakian Dollars
Modified by	General Dynamics R&D(For Radical Redesign)
Technical Specifications
Length	867 Feet
Width	108 Feet
Mass	80,543 Tons
Maximum Acceleration	21 Knots 27 Knots(Reported)
Engine Unit(s)	4x Arcon/BWC Cold Fusion Reactors 4x Shafts 4x Six Bladed Reversible-pitch screw propeller 286,000(shp)
Power Plant	2x Arcon Advanced Naval Systems FuS1NE
Hull	Tungsten Cobalt Alloy Tungsten-Titanium Metal Matrix Nano Composite(Bridge) Spectre Critical Hull Protection Belt: 350mm Deck: 245mm Turret: 550mm Bulkhead: 310mm Magazine: 265mm
Sensor Systems	AN/SPY-3E Multifunction Dual Band Radar AN/SPS-70(V)12 Surface Search Radar AN/SPS-48E 3-D Air Search Radar AN/SPS-49(V)7 2-D Air Search Radar Mark-99 Mod0 Fire Control System AN/SQS-53D Sonar Array
Targeting Systems	AEGIS VII
Navigation System	AN/NAV-131(V)3 Advanced Navigational Suite
Main Computer	2,048-bit Custom OS
Countermeasures	AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System AN/SLQ-32(V)5 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasure Mark-36 Mod8 Decoy Launching System AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys Mark-50 Mod3 Nulka Countermeasure
Armament	Naval Guns 6x Mark 102 18" 460mm Advanced Gun System Guns 16x Mark 60 Mod2 155mm Advanced Dual Purpose Gun System 4x Mark 25 Mod0 30mm Phalanx 2X Advanced Close In Weapon System
Complement	1x SV-22N Goshawk
Crew	200 Officers 1,500 Enlisted
Usage
Availability	Tarakian Military
Role(s)	Battleship
Year Introduced	Radical Redesign Phase
Era(s)	Tarakian New Era
Affiliation	Democratic Republic of Tarakia Federal Republic of Patagonia(Original Kressy Class) Democratic Republic of Cascadia(BNW)

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Although the Battleship may be overdue, The Tarakian Navy has never seen the need to get rid of the tested design, the Kressy Class Battleship is the latest and most modern of the Battleships in Tarakia.

Design

The Kressy Class Battleship is no doubt, a beast she was commissioned by the Tarakian Navy to replace the even older WW2 Era Xeres Class Battleships and the older Vietnam Era November Class Battleships. The conceptual design takes from the famous U.S. Navy Iowa Class Battleship and to some extent it's planned successor, the Montana Class Battleship. The Kressy Class Battleship uses many modern technologies and discards the use of the wooden deck in favor for a steel deck, this increases the armor of the deck from attacks on the magazine housing, furthermore the magazines are armored to withstand even more hits direct and indirect. The belt is further armored to withstand hits from the port and starboard sides. The bulkheads have also been considerably armored and strengthened. The barbettes also received an armor upgrade. Turret housing on the Kressy Class Battleship was the prime concern, the Turrets went from 19.7 inches(500mm) to 26.5 inches. The Kressy Class Battleship is 867 feet long with a beam of 108 feet making it the longest Battleship ever designed. As with many modern technologies, the Kressy Class Battleship will be making use of the experimental Arcon FuS1N(Fusion, Naval) reactor, this is a considerable step up from the Cold War Era Arcon A7 series of nuclear fission reactors that had been the prime source of power for the Nuclear Powered Submarines and Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carriers. The Kressy Class with be equipped with two Arcon FuS1N Fusion Reactors, The Fusion Reactor is more advanced compared to the Arcon Fission Reactors. The two Fusion Reactors will be the primary source of propulsion for the Kressy Class Battleship followed by the COCAG(Combined Gas and Gas) set up (This Section is now Null and Void)

Radical Redesign

The Tarakian Navy, eager to get the Kressy Class in Service has instead decided to redesign the entire ship, using the Tumblehome Hull like that of the CG(X) Cruiser Program and DDG(X) Destroyer Program.

Phase 1

Navy Brass handed the project to General Dynamics Research and Development Division, from there some top engineers from General Dynamics Naval Systems, Port-City Iron Works and Decatur Naval Systems came together forming what is known as the BB Radical Redesign Team. Then came the actual design phase of the program, the team drafted up several different designs.

Phase 2

After settling on the BBN(X) design, General Dynamics Naval Systems was then handed the project and giving additional funding by the Tarakian Government.

Phase 3

The current phase of the project. The BBN(X) has been classified by the Tarakian Navy as Battleship, Nuclear Powered, Next Generation. The hull is a Tumblehome Hull which allows the ship to cut through waves rather than going over them, some have questioned the effectiveness and sturdiness of the tumbelhome hull. A new feature designed from the Mark 60 Mod2 155mm Advanced Gun Systems are the new Mark 102 460mm Naval Rifles in a offset arrangement of six independent turrets with one barrel per turret, this allows the ship to engage multiple targets at different angles or providing precision fire at multiple angles.

Known Battleships

Name	Hull Number	Laid Down	Launched	Commissioned	Home Port	RCOH
Kressy	BBN-1	January 15, 2048
Audie	BBN-2	February 8th, 2049
Kalypso	BBN-3	2052
Vahlan	BBN-4	2055