USS Alicorn

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Ship: Alicorn-Class Submersible Aviation Cruiser USS Alicorn

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Ship: Alicorn-Class Submersible Aviation Cruiser USS Alicorn

Ship: Alicorn-Class Submersible Aviation Cruiser USS Alicorn

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Ship Specifications

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Ship Specifications

Length (submerged) 495 m (1,624 ft)
Beam (Submerged) 116 m (381 ft)
Height (Submerged) 54 m (177 ft)
Displacement
      Submerged: 810,000 tonnes (800,000 long tons; 890,000 short tons)
      Surfaced: 650,000 tonnes (640,000 long tons; 720,000 short tons)

Propulsion: Two Nuclear geared turbines/turbo-electric mixed flow pump jets with conductive internal flow magnetohydrodynamics units.

Power: 300,000 horsepower (220,000 kilowatts) per jet
Engine: Two liquid metal-cooled nuclear reactors
Propellers: Seven forward-skewed propellers (estimated)
Speed:
     Submerged: 42 knots (78 km/h; 48 mph)
     Surfaced: 37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph)

Crew: 270-350
     Company: 150
      Air wing: 120-200 (20-30 aircraft)

Maximum operation depth: 600 m (2,000 ft)

Weaponry

4 x 12'/50 caliber Mark 8 guns
12 VLS, Vertical launch System
8 x QF 2-pounder naval gun.
2 x  200 mm rail guns with a barrel length of 6.5 m (33 caliber) and the capacity to support 155 MM projectiles.
1 x SRC-03a rail cannon - This 128-caliber weapon boasted a barrel length of 76.5 meters (251 ft) and bore diameter of 600 millimeters (24 in). Its primary use was for long-range strategic bombardment of both land and air targets. When the gun fired at minimum-energy trajectory, its effective range exceeded 3,000 kilometers (1,900 mi).

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