>>22799
/r/ source

>>22800


ugh i remember picking this image some time ago on 4chan so no idea

whoa thx man <3

Got this one.

The Soviet supercarrier that never made it

>>22806

Going to dump some line drawings.

Was going to post the Gneisenau, but it was in the old battleship thread. So here's it's twin.

Thank you for this.

Here a scheme of a ship that was recently launched:
Oasis of the Seas cruise ship of Royal Caribbean International, made in Finland, coming in at around 225,200 tons.

The largest warship ever made was the Nimitz CVN that came in under 100,000 tons.

Oasis of the Seas cruise ship cost USD 1.5 billion, has 2,700 staterooms, and can accommodate 5,400 guests.
But how many troops could she carry?

Like when the Brits used the ocean liners RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (70,327 gross tonnage, carrying 3,000 troops and 650 volunteer crew) and Canberra were requisitioned from Cunard and P&O to serve as troopships, carrying British Army personnel to Ascension Island and the Falkland Islands to recover the Falklands from the invading Argentine forces.

>>23464
HOLY BALLS THAT IS HUGE

I have had to shrink down these 7000 pixel pics to avoid errors here.

Oasis of the Seas, Boardwalk exterior.

Oasis of the Seas: 1180 ft long, 240 ft tall, 225,200 tons.

Two and a quarter times the size of this thing.

US CVN-21 (21st Century nuclear powered aircraft carrier program) Gerald R. Ford-class next gen supercarrier (CVN 78)coming in at 100,000 tons, 75 aircraft.

>>23473
>>23474
So basically its just a Nimitz class with a slightly larger deck and the superstructure moved back.

...

Why do we pay taxes again?

>>23555

Actually, it makes a helluva lot of sense to move that island back like they did. And it looks like they did a lot more than just that. It probably (*probably*) could've been done as a Nimitz refit, but... Hell, this might have actually been more cost-effective.

There are changes we can't see, but no one bothered to change the general shape

>>23566
Well, that shape has been working for 50 years so why bother fucking with it.

>>23567
for science?

lololol

Then there's this weird design with two islands:
French CV PA2 (Porte-Avions 2) 75,000 tons, 48 aircraft.

UK CVF carrier future project, HMS Queen Elizabeth 65-70,000 tons, 48 F-35B fighters & other aircraft.

>>23585

Navigation in the forward superstructure, dedicated flight ops in the second?

>>23581
Probably the best general shape design on here

Most surface area per size, incredibly stable, could service submarines in the middle... although.... your details could be better. It looks like you just did a symmetric flip of one instead of an actual design...

  >>23594

I work with what I got.

>>23594

catamaran design is not stable in the way you think, unless you are talking about the one with sub hull in the middle ( not that from image)

and catamaran design is not very suitable for large ships due large stresses on super structure

all those problems can be solved by adding one more hull
a trimaran design

>>23623
Trimaran lover detected

thread must live, i want more delicious ships

>>23623
Well obviously not the one from the image, he just flipped a carrier pic

>trimaran
Not really possible in something as large as a carrier

>>26040

>trimaran
Not really possible in something as large as a carrier

usa are looking for different carrier design for some time and a trimaran design usually comes in conclusions
i guess its possible but yet have some problems

>>26042
because the carrier is tall, a trimaran design would limit maneuverability to nilch
it would be much harder to maneuver in storm conditions, putting the entire CBG at risk

don't take pic too seriously

>>26044
Azimuth thruster,
Voith Schneider Propeller,
Bow thruster

>>26052
Trimarans don't have a single keel, so they aren't very good at dealing with torsion stress

Look up the new LCS Independance or Freedom or Founding Fathers or something (I forget)
It had the same "problem" which is why they had to cut down the size of the left and right-most hulls

What about a semi-submersible design for a carrier? Not as in a carrier that can submerge, but one where most of the ballast is underwater. Basically 2 cylindrical bulkheads next to each other under the waterline, supporting the upper platform. You could conceivably make a full sized runway with such a design, but it would go from being a boat to being more like a mobile floating structure.

brb navyfield

>>26059
That would give you a larger surface area but it would be a sitting duck in a storm

>>22800
>/r/ source

planeman

>>26061
How so? Most of it's weight would be under the waterline anyway. Biggest concern I think would be the structural stresses, but I think it would be prudent to build it out of thick reinforced concrete. Basically more like a floating airstrip than a boat that carries planes.

>>26066
Because a wave would wash off your planes

>>26089
...
NO UR STOOPID

Obviously the flight deck is going to be more than 30 feet high. Not to mention the platform would lift with the waves. The planes would be stowed below deck as well unless they are being used.

>>26099
>platform lift with the waves
lol have fun building that.

>>26059

The design could work, if you give it strong windows.

http://home.versatel.nl/the_sims/rig/o-ranger.htm

Wow, thanks for the u-boat schematics!

where the fuck is my Zumwalt Class.

i was promised at least 2 of them!

heh

clittoral

Damen Stan patrol design, used by the Dutch Coastguard and the UK Border Agency

...and a plan drawing of preserved revenue cutter Vigilant.

And I know everyone probably has this one already, but its worth reposting just in case.

>>26312

Ah, the martyr-machine...

>>26320
actually, that will be a Boeing 767.

Bump. With a picture! :D

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