Jet Age Carrier (1955 Advanced Jet Design)
Jet Age Carrier - 1955 Advanced Design! - 0 boats: JET AGE CARRIER - Pure speculation with advanced 1955 technology! 62,000 tons, 32 kts, 55 jet aircraft (25 supersonic fighters F-4 Phantom equivalent + 25 jet attack A-4 Skyhawk equivalent + 5 helicopters!). REVOLUTIONARY INNOVATIONS: Angled flight deck (10° angle - simultaneous launch/recovery operations!), 4× STEAM CATAPULTS (C-13 equivalent - launch 30+ ton jets!), deck-edge elevators (British-style - more deck parking!), mirror landing system (precision jet landing!). Full missile defense (SAM systems, no guns!). Advanced 3D air search radar, early integrated combat systems. PURE SPECULATION - Germany had no carrier program (Cold War focus on land/air defense vs. Soviet threat). NATO carriers provided by US/Britain. THEORETICAL ONLY! NEVER BUILT!
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 50000 t
- Displacement (full)
- 62000 t
- Length
- 1020 ft
- Beam
- 150 (angled deck width) ft
- Crew
- 2800
- Ships built
- 0 (pure speculation)
- Commissioned
- Never
- Decommissioned
- N/A
Performance
- Top speed
- 32 kn
Armament
- Torpedoes
- None
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 60-100mm (reduced for speed)
- Deck
- 60mm flight deck
In-Game
- Tier
- T4
- Game power
- 64.57
- Research cost
- 22,729
- Credit cost
- 45,199
Notable
- JET AGE CARRIER CONCEPT! (1955 advanced design!)
- ANGLED FLIGHT DECK! (10° angle, simultaneous ops!)
- STEAM CATAPULTS! (4× C-13 equivalent, heavy jets!)
- DECK-EDGE ELEVATORS! (British innovation, more parking!)
- MIRROR LANDING SYSTEM! (precision jet landing!)
- Full jet capability (supersonic fighters!)
- 55 jet aircraft (F-4 Phantom + A-4 Skyhawk equivalent!)
- SAM missile defense (Terrier/Tartar equivalent!)
- No guns (full missile defense era!)
- 62,000 tons (Cold War carrier size)
- 4× steam catapults (maximum launch rate!)
- Advanced 3D air search radar
- Early integrated combat systems
- PURE SPECULATION! (Germany had no carrier program!)
- Cold War Germany focused on land/air defense (Soviet threat)
- NATO carriers provided by US/Britain
- THEORETICAL ONLY! (no plans, pure alternate history)