H-44 Battleship (LARGEST BATTLESHIP DESIGN EVER CONCEIVED!)
LARGEST EVER - 1944 Ultimate Fantasy! - 131,000 tons standard, 145,000 tons full load (LARGEST BATTLESHIP DESIGN IN HISTORY!). 82% heavier than Yamato! 8× 50.8cm (20") guns (LARGEST caliber!). 2,200 kg shells (2× heavier than Iowa!). 30 kts, 12,000+ nm range. Ultimate armor (400mm belt, 500mm turrets, 220mm deck!). 1,131.9 ft long (345m - 3.5 football fields!). Studied 1944 (DURING Germany's COLLAPSE!). AFTER D-Day (June 6, 1944)! Operation Bagration destroyed Army Group Center! Romanian oil LOST (fuel crisis CRITICAL!)! Paris liberated, Romania/Bulgaria switched, Finland quit! Luftwaffe destroyed, Kriegsmarine bottled, U-boats massacred! Volkssturm formed (teenagers/elderly!). Would need ~450m slipway (NONE!). 7+ years (Germany surrendered in 1!)! Steel = ~250 Type XXI U-boats OR ~2,500 Panthers OR ~15,000 Bf 109s! Fuel = Wehrmacht for WEEKS! RAF/USAAF would sink in MINUTES (Tallboy/Grand Slam bombs!)! ULTIMATE INSANITY - APOCALYPSE DELUSION! ABSOLUTE PEAK OF BATTLESHIP MADNESS!
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 53400 t
- Displacement (full)
- 145000 t
- Length
- 872.7 ft
- Beam
- 121.4 ft
- Crew
- 4000+ (estimated)
- Ships built
- 0 (absolute fantasy, never planned)
- Commissioned
- Never (ultimate fantasy only)
- Decommissioned
- Never built
Performance
- Top speed
- 30 kn
- Range
- 14000 nm at 19 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- "8× 50.8cm SK C/34 guns" (4× twin turrets - 20-INCH!)
- Secondary guns
- "12× 15cm SK C/28 guns" (6× twin turrets ultimate fantasy)
- Torpedoes
- None
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 400mm (15.7 inches - ULTIMATE!)
- Deck
- 220mm (8.7 inches - ULTIMATE!)
In-Game
- Tier
- T3
- Game power
- 52.22
- Research cost
- 10,340
- Credit cost
- 36,554
Notable
- **LARGEST BATTLESHIP DESIGN EVER CONCEIVED!** (131,000 tons!)
- **ABSOLUTE ULTIMATE!** (NO larger design in history!)
- 131,000 tons standard, 145,000 tons full load (LARGEST!)
- 82% heavier than Yamato, 126% heavier than Iowa, 160% heavier than Bismarck!
- Absolute fantasy study (ultimate disconnect from reality!)
- 8× 50.8cm (20") guns in 4× twin turrets (LARGEST gun caliber!)
- 2,200 kg armor-piercing shells (2× heavier than Iowa 16" shells!)
- 30 knots maximum speed (280,000+ shp turbines - ultimate fantasy!)
- 12,000+ nm range at 19 knots (estimated)
- Ultimate armor: 400mm belt, 500mm turrets, 220mm deck!
- 1,131.9 ft length (345m - LONGER than 3.5 football fields!)
- Studied **1944** (WHILE Germany collapsed on all fronts!)
- AFTER D-Day invasion (June 6, 1944)!
- During Operation Bagration (Soviet summer offensive destroyed Army Group Center!)
- Romanian oil fields LOST (August 1944) - fuel crisis CRITICAL!
- Paris liberated, Romania/Bulgaria switched sides, Finland quit war!
- Luftwaffe destroyed, Kriegsmarine bottled up, U-boats massacred!
- Volkssturm being formed (teenagers & elderly drafted!)
- Would need ~450m slipway (NO SUCH FACILITY!)
- 7+ years construction (Germany surrendered in 1 year!)
- Steel = ~250+ Type XXI U-boats OR ~2,500 Panther tanks OR ~15,000 Bf 109s!
- Fuel = ENTIRE Wehrmacht for weeks!
- NO facility could handle it!
- Too large for ANY Baltic exit (permanently trapped!)
- RAF/USAAF would sink in MINUTES (Tallboy & Grand Slam bombs operational!)
- **ULTIMATE INSANITY** - studied during APOCALYPSE!
- Ultimate monument to disconnect from reality!
- Absolute peak of battleship arms race madness!
- **LARGEST BATTLESHIP DESIGN IN HUMAN HISTORY!**