Shipbucket

I'm here with 10th Mountain Division (LI) Headquarters. We're the HQ for RC-S.

Good luck and I hope noone gets hurt.

New developments were made while I was on leave. Updated history and two new classes of ships will appear soon.

Waiting eagerly- your AU is one of the best!

Carthaginian wrote:Waiting eagerly- your AU is one of the best!

I agree!

In 1889 the first of the new corvettes was laid down, the Guadalupe; followed each year by her sisters Lampasas and Lavaca. Slightly smaller and more lightly armed than the Independence, they followed typical Texas design practices - shallow draft, fine hull form, and fast for their dimensions (16 knots to keep pace with the cruiser).

The Guadalupes were built in the United States and fitted with American steam plants and guns, with the exception of the 2.25"/40 Quick Firing guns, which were imported from Great Britain. The main armament was 6" guns of the same pattern on American protected cruisers.



The last of the sailing vessels were sold off, and the Guadalupes mark the formal shift from sail to steam. Only two sail/steam ships remained, thier cousins the Colorados, and after rebuilds their sails were eliminated and their steaming range expanded.

Nice little cruiser- are the 6" guns in open barbettes?
Personally, I think those would have been popular options for any navy with the Gulf as a primary operating area as conditions are generally mild and a lot of weight could be saved.

Another stunning ship. The only thing I'd do differently would be to ad a canvas cover over the mantles to keep the worst rain from penetrating further into the ship. Like the gazebo the USN liked to install on their monitors.

Those are deck mounts with "barbette" type shields around them. The hoists are built into superstructure bulkheads right behind them. Similar to this:

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_8-30_mk1.htm

Ah, ok.