57mm is not the way to do it. The 57mm shell is relatively light weight and is used almost exclusively with the idea to defeat small craft (i.e., for the littoral patrol or policing role) and has far insufficient range to be bombarding land targets. 5-inches is what you're looking for, but inappropr...
Theil wrote Note that since WebSense is blocking Photobucket, I can't actually see the drawing, so I can't confirm that that's what Dresden is actually drawing. No. Dresden creation is a take on a fictional design by Mihoshik, and altered by, among others, turkishnavyguy and danzig (Dresden) No, it...
http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/5141/hmsbestia.png what is this I don't even ...this ship looks like a headache. To say that it's suffering from muddled mission syndrome is a massive understatement. Trying to modify a DDG-51 hull into an amphibious assault ship is even more of a headache. Note t...
I would imagine that the crew would be rather small on this ship, and I'd find it hard to believe it could do much past 20 knots (meaning it would almost strictly be an oceanic escort - while it would still be useful as a patrol vessel, it would have to rely almost exclusively on its helicopters to ...
I'd find it hard to believe that VLS would be fitted to this ship, even if it's just self-defense-length. If nothing else, if this is around the same time as the Perry, or basically an AU, even cheaper version of a Perry, it wouldn't have been around yet. I'd go with the older Mk 48, or even a box l...
I picked up NavyField again, I tried to see if I could organize a Shipbucket clan but nobody seemed interested. I'd be happy to try and start one again though.
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