SPRUANCE Class Radical Reconstruction

[Scifibug]

A Radical Reconstruction of the SPRUANCE Class DD as proposed by Lt. John Roach USNR in his article "Warships Should Look Warlike" page 66-76 USNIP June 1979.


This is the second design I've Shipbucketted from this article. The first was a reconstruction of the FFG-7 profile.

Damn! Its been a long time since I've been able to get a ship out. I need to take more vacation time.
There was design Lt. drew with more modest changes to the Spru-can, but I never liked the velveta box and oil derrick like Perry and, to a lesser extent, the Spruance classes.
Maybe the Spruance's would of lasted longer if they looked more like a warship?
The author did like the astetics of the Kara class Russian cruiser and the British Country class and I think the Burkes went a long way in improving the looks of US warships I jut wish we did a follow-on to the Perry's instead of the LCS.

[acelanceloet]

that is.... awesome! only one thing: wouldn't the spruances have lost their modular capabilities by an design like this?

[Portsmouth Bill]

Thank god for The Bug This is a trully imteresting design concept; I'm not sure if I grok all the details but it looks impressive.

[Carthaginian]

If they had been built like that, I wonder if other ships in the USN might have continued to look like ships rather than things built out of Lego blocks and tinker toys?

[TimothyC]

Good quality drawing, but I'd still prefer the guns split fore and aft. I do admit that by putting them on one end does allow for a larger shared magazine.

[acelanceloet]

I am wondering, now I am looking better... would the magazine for the asroc fit over there?

[Scifibug]

wouldn't the spruances have lost their modular capabilities by an design like this?

Unknown, depends on how good the naval architect was.

I wonder if other ships in the USN might have continued to look like ships rather than things built out of Lego blocks and tinker toys?

I would of hoped so.

I'd still prefer the guns split fore and aft.

Lt. Roach also proposed a less radical Spru-can design. But since this post was to start a discussion on aesthetics I choose to do the more radical design.

would the magazine for the asroc fit over there?

I believe the magazine would be behind the launcher, not under it.

Thanks for all your comments.

[Novice]

This one realy looks the job, a warship. Excellent draw Scifibug.

[erik_t]

Certainly prettier than the real thing, although aesthetics is not what I'd seek to maximize on a warship and the real thing was undoubtedly more effective...

[Navybrat85]

And so were it's descendants, Erik. If this design had been built instead of the one that really was, what would Ticonderoga have looked like? I'm assuming Kidd might never have been built.