TZoli's Warship Designs

Interesting. I've put quite a bit of thought into how a similar 18" gun armed Montana alternative or succeeding class would laid out. Don't really have the skill to do drawings however. Came up with about 5 potential layouts. As impressive as a mixed 5" and 6" secondary battery would have been both the USN and RN were pretty committed to the idea of a single caliber for the secondary battery at that point.
 
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A few more:
A British Littorio:
On the hull of the Lion as laid down, with 3x3 15"/50 BL Mark II New Cannons, 4x3 6"/50 BL Mark XXIII Guns and 8x1 4"/45 QF Mark XVI AA Guns
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And a British Richelieu:
Hull dimensions are the same as Lion preliminary Design 14B-38 eg the same one I've used for the British Bismarck with armament of 2x4 15" Mark II, 3X3 6" Mark XXIII, 4X2 5,25" Mark I
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A British Sovetsky Soyuz might follow.
 
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And now the British Sovetsky Soyuz:

The hull of the Lion preliminary 16E-38 the same as I used for the British Yamato with the armament of 3x3 16"/45 BL Mark II, 6x2 6"/50 BL Mark XXII, 4x2 4"/45 QF Mark XVI
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And starting the American or USN line:
The American King George V:
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The hull is the Iowa preliminary Slow Battleship Design I (234,7 wl x 32,97 x 10,67m ) The superstructure of the Montana BB-65C design eg a modified enlarged South Dakota and the armament is:
1x2,2x4 14"/50 Mark B / Mark 13, 10x2 5"/38 Mark 12
 
Aelvir said:
Wasn't the P-class supposed to have the forward 283 mm turret superfiring over the forward 150 mm turret and the the aft 150 mm turret superfiring over the aft 283 mm turret?
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A very late response, but that's Panzerschiff P Entwurf AV, the most represented design in what would become a very long series by May 1939. However, the final design reverted the arrangement so that the 15cm would superfire the 28cm. The AV arrangement comes primarily due to the size of the machinery spaces as I recall, or that only the B turrets in Scharnhorst and Gneisenau could be used (for what reason I cannot recall at this time). Either way, it would not be the case in the final design that was drawn up before the project was placed on low priority (leading to the Handelzerstorer).
 
Now the American Yamato:
Montana preliminary BB-65-4 hull and superstructure with the armament of 3x3 18"/47 Mark A, 2x3 6"/47 Mark 16, 10x2 5"/38 Mark 12
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I might change the superstructure to that of the final Montana with two funnels
 
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Next is the American Bismarck!

Montana preliminary BB-65C hull and superstructure with the armament of 4x2 16"/45 Mark 5/8, 6x2 6"/47 Mark 16, 6x2 5"/38 Mark 12

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Tzoli said:
Now the American Yamato:
Montana preliminary BB-65-4 hull and superstructure with the armament of 3x3 18"/47 Mark A, 2x3 6"/47 Mark 16, 10x2 5"/38 Mark 12
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I might change the superstructure to that of the final Montana with two funnels
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That is very impressive. But wouldn't an "American Yamato" use the 5"/54 Mark 16 as planned for the Montana-class?
 
Christopher Wang said:
That is very impressive. But wouldn't an "American Yamato" use the 5"/54 Mark 16 as planned for the Montana-class?
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No because that is a much later and more powerful gun. Note it is not a Montana just a preliminary hull used for my drawing.
 

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