Republic of Texas

[Trojan]

very very nice! looking forward to more!

[denodon]

Very nice submarine there. I'm currently doing Sierans mid-1930s oceangoing submarine design intended to replace the coastal e type boats. My design is a hybrid of the USS Dolphin (the submarine Sieranian engineers were allowed to explore and analyze by the US) As well as the French, Italian and Japanese designs of the period. Mechanically though, it will essentially be a copy of the Dolphin.

[Redhorse]

Though most navies suspended construction of destroyers after WWI, the Texas Navy wanted to alleviate the shortcomings of its previous classes, the Beaumont and Dallas destroyers. Designing them from the keel up, the Hallettsville class registered almost twice the displacement of the Dallas boats at over 800 tons:



They incorporated all the lessons learned from the fruitless pursuit of U-boats in the middle Atlantic. They had bigger, longer range guns - 6"/50s, 21" torpedo tubes, and a full complement of depth charges with enough reloads to reduce the time spent resupplying alongside a tender. Y-guns, originally incorporated into the design, were the only weapons not fitted. She had a hydrophone array, though the electronics were not ready when she was commissioned, they were fitted soon after.

Hallettsvilles had fully enclosed, heated (if need be) bridges, with a chart house and hydrophone room just below it. A 6' rangefinder was fitted to the bridge roof, establishing the first fire direction platform ever fitted for a destroyer. They were also the first ships built with geared turbines to improve the efficiency of their powerplants. Though not the fastest destroyers of the time, they were capable of making at least 28 knots.

Early refits will move the radio room to an enclosed space behind the bridge and an expansion of the signal platform behind it. They will also have a 3" anti-aircraft gun fitted in place of the #2 6" gun to defend against air attack.

[Redhorse]

The newly formed Republic of Texas Air Force contracted for its first aircraft in 1920, delivered the following year. Sixteen Vought VE-7 trainers were bought to establish 1 Squadron in San Antonio and educate prospective pilots who graduated from the Officer's School. Painted a bright orange, the Texas sun would quickly fade them to a dirty yellow color that would define the look of training aircraft for the next 20 years.



The squadron badges will follow just as soon as I can draw a decent, easily adaptable template for them.

[emperor_andreas]

Nice work on both!

-Matt

[Trojan]

pretty big guns for a post ww1 destroyer but if it works I like it

[KHT]

Awesome! While I'm with Trojan about the guns being big, that is actually what(IMO) makes the design so cool!

[ghost792]

pretty big guns for a post ww1 destroyer but if it works I like it

Everything's bigger in Texas.

[seeker36340]

The 5" was mounted on a few four-stackers in the USN

[seeker36340]

Five ships in fact...have you considers 5/25s?