The USS US
Us sus?
Always has been 👦 🔫 👩🚀
USS Healthcare for All
so THATS where the budget went
"FIRE ALL PORT SIDE GUNS!"
does barrel roll
that's why it has a dozen anchors on each side of the hull. proper preparation prevents piss poor projectiling.
And stops your pewpew from making you go plunk.
That's why navies stopped using broadsides and went to turrets about 150 years ago. Well, it's one of the reasons anyway. Turrets also worked a lot better once you shifted to steam power and didn't have to worry so much about rigging. Additionally, you could mount a much bigger gun on a turret than you could using broadsides on the sides of a wooden sailing ship.
Turrets also prevent what happened to the Vasa, which was the most powerful sailing ship of its time. Its time being 10th August 1626, from 3:40 pm to four o'clock. The king of Sweden ordered it to be made longer, halfway through building it. This scope creep turned out to have negative implications vis-a-vis keeping the gun ports above the waterline.
Healthcare? 🙅
This? 👀
They probably have a med bay
So looking at a map.of New Yorks bays and ignoring depth and bridges I'm going to assume this is about 2 miles long or 10,560ft. I have no evidence and just eyeballed it.
Meaning if you can overcome the skin friction it has a hull speed of about 160mph...without planing.
Modern carriers have a hull speed in the neighborhood of 45mph (though officially the top speed is like 35mph) and normally cruise at 25-30mph so the slow pokes can keep up.
I'm not sure about the quality of the welding near the waterline.
I mean we don't have an issue with super-super super super super firing turrets with no apron turrets or near main secondaries?
Most of my tax dollars are going towards greebling.
The mass shortage of model kits is the real tragedy.
This ship is the entire Fleet-in-Being doctrine.
It's the new nuclear deterrent. Someone starts acting up and you just rotate the boat slightly in its port to face their direction. The parental angry raised eyebrow of national defense.
Fun trivia for those that didn't notice. The guns ARE facing the city.
As pioneered by the HMS Don't Make Me Come Over There.
It's the fortress-ship from Iain Bank's "Use of Weapons".
The scabberrind? I listed to it, so I have no idea how to spell it.
It's the "Staberinde", according to this Stackoverflow discussion. (It's been a while, I had to look up the name.)
Was thinking exactly this.
Not enough guns, and where are the runways?
I believe the forward turret fires F35s as ammo
YES MORE DAKKA
The new Star-Destroyer class
And the away boats are Guam, Puerto Rico, DC. Et al.
Nah, the USS Guam is just Guam
No kinda aircraft carrier like an unsinkable island aircraft carrier!
Maneuverability depends on the spaghetti plot.
The USS Go Fuck Yourself.
And its sister ships, the Fuck Yeah and the Find Out.
It's the dream that we all share! It's the hope for tomorrow!
Tended with ammunition and dry cargo by the USNS Win Stupid Prizes.
The USS 'Murica
Although yes, it's ridiculous, I'd really love a higher-resolution version to zoom in on. 😁
Under total weight I tons, you put “Yes.”
"Local maximum"
*USS Executor has entered the Mediterranean
USS FAFO
I mean, it's fine, but couldn't it do with more guns?
Sooo much power! Limitless power! I feel it in my loins! It's like a 50 piece Voltron of freedom!
Park this animal on the south side of Taiwan with huge banner:
"Also available for tours to the Philippines!"
Budget & award contact to the private sector first, figure out credibility of defense later.
… I unironically want this, now
If it's healthcare or this at least have one of them.
Can't cost more the Zumwalts
You may need the energy output of a small star to power it
Just shoot all guns at the same time.
Ultimate admiral dreadnaughts AI is at it again!
"Temper temper" indeed.
Isn't this from Star Wars?
The main theme is playing when you look at that ship.
If only there was an active From the Depths community on lemmy to crosspost this too, I'd bet at least someone would have the crazy patience to actually recreate it.
Needs some sexy nose art.
The city surrounding it would probably get inundated by all the water this beast is displacing.
Reminds me of the staberind from Use of Weapons.
Oh God who let Tillman's ghost out of hell‽
