Type 1945 Destroyer (Ultimate Paper Design)
Ultimate Paper Design - Radical Hybrid Propulsion (Never Built) - Theoretical design 1946: Type 1945 destroyer. ULTIMATE WWII PAPER DESIGN! Theoretical only - never built. 3,500 tons standard, 6× 12.8cm SK C/41 DP guns, 10× 533mm torpedoes, 40 knots (estimated). RADICAL HYBRID PROPULSION (diesel/gas turbine, 90,000 SHP - EXPERIMENTAL!), UNPRECEDENTED RANGE (12,000 nm!), moderate armor (40mm belt, 25mm deck), revolutionary radar/computer FCS, most AA guns (10× 37mm, 30× 20mm!). Combined WWII lessons + post-war concepts: hybrid propulsion, computer fire control, moderate protection, extreme endurance. Theoretical design never realized - war ended.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 2700 t
- Displacement (full)
- 4850 t
- Length
- 393.7 ft
- Beam
- 39.4 ft
- Crew
- 400
- Ships built
- 0 (paper design only)
- Commissioned
- Never
- Decommissioned
- N/A
Performance
- Top speed
- 42.5 kn
- Range
- 12000 nm at 19 knots (UNPRECEDENTED!)
Armament
- Main guns
- 6× 12.8cm SK C/41 DP (advanced mounts)
- Secondary guns
- 10× 37mm AA (twin mounts), 30× 20mm AA
- Torpedoes
- 10× 533mm (2 quintuple)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- Moderate (40mm plating)
- Deck
- Moderate (25mm deck)
- Fire control
- Revolutionary radar/computer FCS (theoretical)
In-Game
- Tier
- T5
- Game power
- 103.84
- Research cost
- 57,112
- Credit cost
- 72,688
Notable
- Ultimate WWII paper design!
- Diesel/gas turbine HYBRID propulsion!
- Unprecedented range: 12,000 nm!
- Heaviest armament (6× 128mm, 10× 533mm!)
- Moderate armor protection (40mm belt!)
- Revolutionary radar/computer FCS
- Most AA guns (10× 37mm, 30× 20mm!)
- Theoretical only (never built)
- Radical hybrid propulsion
- Post-war concepts incorporated