On Deck by Osper

Wings 3D • Military • posted on Sep 07, 2009

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Eastern Seaboard, 1917-18 time frame. USS Michigan (closest) and USS South Carolina wait for the call up. Designed before but completed well after the HMS Dreadnought, the South Carolinas had the same broadside with one less turret than the early British Dreadnoughts. Utilizing superfiring turrets that would be standard on all US battleships designed after them the design enabled the US Navy to fit an eight gun broadside into a 16,000 ton ton design when other navies were having troubles with 18,000 ton designs. The South Carolinas had thicker armor than the Dreadnought and with no wing turrets in a better layout. But as with all pre-Jutland designs they were armored more for horizontal fire than plunging fire. The Battle Jutland changed that line of thinking with ranges between engaging ships being much greater than horizontal fire was capable of. The South Carolinas were 3 knots slower that the Dreadnought using older triple expansion propulsion rather than the new turbine propulsion. There several reasons for the use of the older machinery: Triple expansion machinery got better mileage, US manufacturers were unable to supply machinery with the reuired close tolerances, US maufacturers wanted more money for such machinery and the US Congress was unwilling to spend the money required (I heard it had something to do with Gulstreams, jets and computers what ever they were.) So the US Navy opted for something the rest of the Eutopean Navies who were involved in a Naval building race couldn't afford range over top speed. The cage masts were a kind of trademark for US Capital ships until the mid 1930's. The cage masts were supposed to lighter, stronger and give better stability than pole masts, although the USS Michigan lost her formast in an Atlantic storm. The cage mast was phased out in the late twenties, but some US capital ships carried them through the end of WWII. Some design specs: 8 12inch/45 cailber main guns, upt to 22 3"/50 cal secondary guns. Armor belt up to 11 inch. Speed 18.75 knots max (USS Michigan trials). Both ships under went numerous small changes so hence the slightly different look. Everthing rendered in Vue. Ships built in Wings 3D by Osper Enterprises Ship building Division. Buildings are modified from buildings by Stonemason.

Comments (33)

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shadownet

5:50PM | Mon, 07 September 2009

Very interesting write and photo.

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MagikUnicorn

8:42PM | Mon, 07 September 2009

Awesome military scene! Very well done with splendid realism!

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junge1

9:53PM | Mon, 07 September 2009

Superb render!

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Faemike55

11:14PM | Mon, 07 September 2009

Outstanding image! I always have to look to see what gallery this is in, because I think that I'm looking at a photo! Nice history lesson as well

joaq

2:16AM | Tue, 08 September 2009

Fantastic modeling and great détails!Bravo!

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Penters

4:20AM | Tue, 08 September 2009

Great modelling work

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sandra46

4:34PM | Tue, 08 September 2009

excellent work!

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Miska7

5:33PM | Tue, 08 September 2009

Very nice scene. Great models, sky and lighting! Really nice work.

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sharky_

3:14AM | Wed, 09 September 2009

Very nice work here and in your gallery. Aloha

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debbielove

5:21AM | Wed, 09 September 2009

Quality render... Really good work Rob.

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drifterlee

7:40PM | Wed, 09 September 2009

Gorgeous sunset shot!

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renecyberdoc

12:17AM | Sat, 12 September 2009

fantastic modelling work,great settings and nice tidbit of information.

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Dreamingbee

3:59AM | Sun, 13 September 2009

wowwwwwwwwwww what an real looking and fascinating work !!! love the mood to ( i am freak with athmo ;)) .. stunning work

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BenBischop

3:25PM | Sun, 13 September 2009

Cool Scene....!!!

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Richardphotos

10:13PM | Sun, 13 September 2009

very realistic models and water

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Danny_G

6:42PM | Mon, 14 September 2009

Nice work

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tennesseecowgirl

2:18PM | Wed, 16 September 2009

great information, and pretty colors in this.. nice work~

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bmac62

2:08AM | Thu, 17 September 2009

Well done. Fascinating bit of naval history too. I've been reading more about WWI lately since visiting the "National WWI Museum" in Kansas City...apparently so named after a multimillion dollar upgrade completed in 2006. The original memorial, called Liberty Memorial, was first dedicated in 1921. I'll be posting more photos from there in the coming weeks.

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