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RE: USA ship art - 1/9/2010 4:08:07 PM   
Connfire


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Hi Connfire,as requested the USA Pensacola class cruiser


Awesome! Thank you. If a Pacific War began in 1926, and they were still fighting it in the late 20s, I'd think these or a varient of them would have started entering service around that time.

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RE: USA ship art - 1/9/2010 4:15:16 PM   
hellfirejet


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Status: offline 		I will do the other ship classes you asked for very soon cheers.

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RE: USA ship art - 1/10/2010 9:17:45 AM   
comte


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ORIGINAL: hellfirejet

Hi Connfire,as requested the USA Pensacola class cruiser





Wow that Pensacola class cruiser looks great Graham

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-Machiavelli, Il Principe, Book III-

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RE: USA ship art - 1/10/2010 1:57:49 PM   
hellfirejet


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Name: Northampton class cruiser
Operators: United States Navy
Preceded by: Pensacola-class cruiser
Succeeded by: Portland-class cruiser (Heavy Cruiser)
Brooklyn-class cruiser (Light Cruiser)
Completed: 6
Lost: 3
Retired: 3
Preserved: 0
General characteristics
Type: Heavy Cruiser
Displacement: 9,050 tons
Length: 600 ft 3 in (182.9 m)
Beam: 66 ft 1 in (20.1 m)
Draft: 16 ft 4 in (5.0 m)
Propulsion: 4-shaft Parsons turbines
8 White-Forster boilers
4 screws
107,000 Horsepower
Speed: 32.5 knots (60 km/h)
Complement: 621
Officers: 55
Enlisted: 566

Armament:
9 × 8 in/55 caliber guns (3×3)
4 × 5 in/25 caliber guns
6 × 21-inch torpedo tubes
24 × 40 mm Bofors guns (4×4)
28 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons

Armour:
Belt 3" over machinery with 1" deck
3.75" side and 2" deck over magazines
barbettes 1.5"
gunhouses 2.5" face
2" roof
0.75" side and rear

Aircraft carried: 2


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RE: USA ship art - 1/10/2010 2:00:42 PM   
Connfire


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Well if you like that,then what do you think of this Northampton class.


I like it a lot! Thank you!

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RE: USA ship art - 1/11/2010 9:49:57 AM   
hellfirejet


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Status: offline 		USA Wickes class destroyers completed.




Name: Wickes class destroyer
Builders: Various
Operators: United States
United Kingdom
Preceded by: Caldwell class destroyer
Succeeded by: Clemson class destroyer
Built: 1917 - 1921
In commission: 1918 - 1946 (USN)
Completed: 111
Lost: 9 sunk in battle
5 sunk as targets
7 others sunk or destroyed in other ways
Retired: 90 scrapped
Preserved: 0
General characteristics
Type: Destroyer
Displacement: 1,154 tons (normal)
1,247 tons (full load)

Length: 314 ft 4.5 in (95.82 m)
Beam: 30 ft 11.25 in (9.43 m)
Draught: 9 ft (2.74 m)
Propulsion: 4x300 psi (20 atm) unsuperheated Boilers
2 Parsons Turbines
(24,610 horsepower)
Speed: 35.3 Knots

Complement: 100 officers and enlisted

Armament:
4 × 4 inch/50 caliber guns
1 × 3 inch/23 caliber guns
12 × 21 inch torpedo tubes (4×3)


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RE: USA ship art - 5/9/2010 11:16:53 PM   
hellfirejet


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Status: offline 		I have been busy doing more ship art for USA,here be the Wyomoing class Dreadnought.




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RE: USA ship art - 5/13/2010 8:54:57 AM   
comte


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ORIGINAL: hellfirejet

I have been busy doing more ship art for USA,here be the Wyomoing class Dreadnought.





Very nice

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But when Territories are acquired in regions where there are differences in language, customs, and laws then great good fortune and much hard work are required to hold them.

-Machiavelli, Il Principe, Book III-

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RE: USA ship art - 6/14/2010 11:17:56 AM   
hellfirejet


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Status: offline 		USA Dreadnought Wyoming class final version completed




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RE: USA ship art - 6/15/2010 4:32:48 PM   
hellfirejet


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Status: offline 		The never completed USA Dreadnought South Dakota class . (These were all cancelled 1923)




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RE: USA ship art - 6/15/2010 6:04:31 PM   
hellfirejet


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Status: offline 		USA Dreadnought Colorado class




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Graham.

I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a different direction! Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller

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RE: USA ship art - 6/19/2010 2:14:50 PM   
hellfirejet


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Status: offline 		USA Destroyers Paulding class.




Class overview
Name: Paulding class destroyer

Operators: United States Navy
United States Coast Guard

Preceded by: Smith-class destroyer
Succeeded by: Cassin-class destroyer

Completed: 21
Retired: 21
Preserved: 0

General characteristics

Type: Destroyer

Displacement: 742 tons (normal)
887 tons (full load)
Length: 293 ft 10 in
Beam: 26 ft 1 in
Draft: 8 ft 4 in
Propulsion: 4 Boilers
3 Parsons Turbines
17,393 horsepower
Speed: 32.8 knots
Capacity: 236 tons/oil (fuel)
Complement: 4 Officers
82 Enlisted

Armament:
Five 3"/50 caliber rapid fire guns
Three 18" twin torpedo tubes


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Graham.

I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a different direction! Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller

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RE: USA ship art - 6/19/2010 4:09:15 PM   
hellfirejet


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Status: offline 		USA Destroyers Clemson class.




Class overview
Name: Clemson class destroyer

Builders: Various
Operators: United States Navy
United States Coast Guard
Royal Navy
Royal Canadian Navy
Soviet Navy
Imperial Japanese Navy

Preceded by: Wickes class destroyer

Succeeded by: Farragut class destroyer

Planned: 161
Completed: 156
Cancelled: 5
Lost: 20
General characteristics

Class and type: Clemson class destroyer

Displacement: 1,215 tons (normal)
1,308 tons (full load)
Length: 314 ft 4.5 in (95.822 m)
Beam: 30 ft 11.5 in (9.436 m)
Draft: 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m)
Propulsion: 4x300 psi (20 atm) unsuperheated Boilers[1]
2 Westinghouse Geared Turbines
27,600 horsepower (20,600 kW)
Speed: 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h)
Range: 4,900 nmi (9,100 km)
@ 15 kn (28 km/h)
Boats and landing
craft carried: 4 LCP landing craft
Crew: 8 Officers
8 Chief Petty Officers
106 Enlisted

Armament:
4 × 4 inch/50 caliber guns
1 × 3 inch/23 caliber guns
12 × 21 inch torpedo tubes (4×3)[1]



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Regards,
Graham.

I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a different direction! Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller

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RE: USA ship art - 6/19/2010 4:51:39 PM   
hellfirejet


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Joined: 12/16/2008
From: Scotland
Status: offline 		USA Destroyers Wickes class




Class overview

Name: Wickes class destroyer

Builders: Various
Operators: United States
United Kingdom

Preceded by: Caldwell class destroyer

Succeeded by: Clemson class destroyer

Built: 1917 - 1921
In commission: 1918 - 1946 (USN)

Completed: 111
Lost: 9 sunk in battle
5 sunk as targets
7 others sunk or destroyed in other ways
Retired: 90 scrapped
Preserved: 0
General characteristics

Type: Destroyer
Displacement: 1,154 tons (normal)
1,247 tons (full load)

Length: 314 ft 4.5 in (95.82 m)
Beam: 30 ft 11.25 in (9.43 m)
Draught: 9 ft (2.74 m)
Propulsion: 4x300 psi (20 atm) unsuperheated Boilers[1]
2 Parsons Turbines[1]
(24,610 horsepower)

Speed: 35.3 Knots
Complement: 100 officers and enlisted

Armament:
4 × 4 inch/50 caliber guns[1]
1 × 3 inch/23 caliber guns[1]
12 × 21 inch torpedo tubes (4×3)[1]

Notes: popularly known as Flush Deckers, Four Pipers, 1200-ton type


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Graham.

I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a different direction! Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller

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RE: USA ship art - 6/19/2010 5:25:58 PM   
comte


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Status: offline 		Great stuff

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But when Territories are acquired in regions where there are differences in language, customs, and laws then great good fortune and much hard work are required to hold them.

-Machiavelli, Il Principe, Book III-

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RE: USA ship art - 6/19/2010 7:09:01 PM   
hellfirejet


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From: Scotland
Status: offline 		Thanks Aces8,here is my first USA Submarine art.

AnShil0141 = The following submarine types as per the database.

Lake S2 + S48 Types.
Electric boat S18 + S42 Types.
Government S3 Type.




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Graham.

I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a different direction! Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller

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RE: USA ship art - 6/19/2010 10:00:53 PM   
hellfirejet


Posts: 1052
Joined: 12/16/2008
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Status: offline 		USA Destroyer Caldwell class




Class overview

Name: Caldwell class destroyer

Builders: Mare Island Navy Yard
Norfolk Navy Yard
Seattle Dry Dock Company
William Cramp & Sons
Bath Iron Works
Operators: United States
Great Britain

Preceded by: Sampson-class destroyer

Succeeded by: Wickes-class destroyer

Built: 1916 – 1920
In commission: 1917 – 1945
Completed: 6
Retired: 6
General characteristics

Type: Destroyer

Displacement: 1,020 tons (standard)
1,125 tons (normal)
Length: 308' (93.88m) waterline
315'6" (96.2m) overall
Beam: 31' 3" (9.52m)
Draft: 8' (2.44m)
11' 6" (3.5m) max
Propulsion: (DD 69-71) Thornycroft boilers
Parsons geared turbines
two shafts (20,000shp)
(DD 72-73) White-Forster boilers
Parsons turbines
three shafts (18,500hp)

Speed: (DD 69-71) 35 knots (65 km/h)
(DD 72-73) 30 knots (56 km/h)

Complement: 146

Armament:
4 × 4 inch/50 caliber guns[1]
1 × 3 inch/23 caliber guns
12 × 21 inch torpedo tubes (4×3)


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Graham.

I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a different direction! Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller

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RE: USA ship art - 7/8/2010 12:05:19 PM   
hellfirejet


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From: Scotland
Status: offline 		USS Olympia class Protected cruiser ?
Reclassified: CA-15, 17 July 1921 (Armoured cruiser)

Time period of this game she is an Armoured cruiser,she is listed as a LC in game well for Dreadnoughts at War scenario she is an Armoured cruiser with 8" Guns.

Gamers here might be interested to know that I will be correcting many errors that have never been corrected by the developers of this game or Matrix for that matter!!!!!!





Name: USS Olympia

Namesake: Olympia, Washington

Ordered: 7 September 1888
Builder: Union Iron Works
San Francisco, California
Laid down: 17 June 1891
Launched: 5 November 1892
Sponsored by: Miss Ann B. Dickie
Commissioned: 5 February 1895
Decommissioned: 9 December 1922

Reclassified: CA-15, 17 July 1921
CL-15, 8 August 1921
IX-40, 30 June 1931
Fate: Museum ship

General characteristics

Displacement: 5,586 tons

Length: 344 ft 1 in (104.88 m)
Beam: 53 ft 0.625 in (16.17028 m)
Draft: 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
Propulsion: vertical triple-expansion steam engine
2 × screw propellers
Speed: 20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Range: 13,000 nmi (15,000 mi; 24,000 km)

Complement: 33 officers and 395 enlisted men

Armament:
4 × 8 in (200 mm)/35 cal Mark 4 guns (2x2)
10 × 5 in (130 mm)/40 cal guns (later replaced with 5 in (130 mm)/51 cal guns) (10x1)
14 × 6-pounders (57 mm (2.2 in)) (14x1), 6 × 1-pounders (37 mm (1.5 in)) (6x1)
4 × Gatling guns (4x1)
6 × 18 in (460 mm) above-surface torpedo tubes, firing Whitehead Mark 1 torpedoes

Armor:
Deck: 4.75 in (121 mm) on slopes; 2 in (51 mm) flat


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Graham.

I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a different direction! Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller

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RE: USA ship art - 7/8/2010 3:45:21 PM   
hellfirejet


Posts: 1052
Joined: 12/16/2008
From: Scotland
Status: offline 		USS Charlotte class ex ( Tennessee class ) Armoured cruiser




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RE: USA ship art - 7/9/2010 6:53:30 PM   
hellfirejet


Posts: 1052
Joined: 12/16/2008
From: Scotland
Status: offline 		USS Kearsarge Pre-dreadnought completed.




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RE: USA ship art - 7/9/2010 7:52:09 PM   
Rysyonok


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Status: offline 		Your art is getting very realistic. I like that :)

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RE: USA ship art - 7/10/2010 9:54:51 AM   
hellfirejet


Posts: 1052
Joined: 12/16/2008
From: Scotland
Status: offline 		Thanks Rysyonok I'm trying to improve the art work as best I can,I'm striving to get the ship art, to look like the ships that it represents,and I have just completed the new art for USS Maine Pre-dreadnought.




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RE: USA ship art - 7/10/2010 11:24:23 AM   
hellfirejet


Posts: 1052
Joined: 12/16/2008
From: Scotland
Status: offline 		New art for Illinois class pre-dreadnought completed




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I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a different direction! Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller

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RE: USA ship art - 7/11/2010 10:56:44 AM   
hellfirejet


Posts: 1052
Joined: 12/16/2008
From: Scotland
Status: offline 		Amphitrite class monitor completed




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Graham.

I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a different direction! Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller

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RE: USA ship art - 7/11/2010 1:46:19 PM   
hellfirejet


Posts: 1052
Joined: 12/16/2008
From: Scotland
Status: offline 		Olympia this time in white as an option.




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I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a different direction! Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller

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RE: USA ship art - 7/11/2010 6:17:16 PM   
tex


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Joined: 3/8/2009
Status: offline 		This work is really beautiful Graham! So how are the downloads? Is this work included in the latest Dreadnoughts at War scenario, or can you get them as a stand alone? I am looking forward to completely our move, mainly so I can play your scenario. My wife will be so happy 

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RE: USA ship art - 7/11/2010 9:42:59 PM   
hellfirejet


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Joined: 12/16/2008
From: Scotland
Status: offline 		Hi Tex,
          All the new art will be included with the next update,and just for you I have alot of Shenandoah airships scouting for the Japanese hehehehehe.

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I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a different direction! Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller

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RE: USA ship art - 7/12/2010 8:13:45 PM   
hellfirejet


Posts: 1052
Joined: 12/16/2008
From: Scotland
Status: offline 		USS Indiana class Pre-dreadnought completed.

I feel the art is far better now, that I have changed my source for me to able to create it,can anyone quess what that source is ?




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Graham.

I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a different direction! Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller

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RE: USA ship art - 7/13/2010 12:01:41 AM   
Connfire


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Joined: 7/18/2008
From: Connecticut, USA
Status: offline 		They are beautiful.

My gueses are:

www.the-blueprints.com?

www.globalsecurity.org?

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RE: USA ship art - 7/13/2010 9:18:23 AM   
hellfirejet


Posts: 1052
Joined: 12/16/2008
From: Scotland
Status: offline 		Hi Connfire,your close I do use blueprints.com along with a few others,but what I find is best is scale model web sites like the one below.


http://www.steelnavy.com/gallery_battleships.htm

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