VEHICLE TYPE:

Submersible Landing Ship.

CREW: 2482 man

160 ships' officers 2000 ships' crew 312 mecha operators. With additional life support capability for another 700 special assignment personnel.

MECHA COMPLEMENT:

RDF (Landing Ship configuration):

66 Defender/Phalanx. 66 Tomahawk. 33 Spartan. 2 Monster.

(Sea Control Ship configuration):

26 Spartans. 100 VF-1 Valkyrie Veritechs.

SC (Landing Ship configuration):

164 VHT Veritech Hover Tanks. 16 misc. Battloids.

(Sea Control Ship configuration):

100 Veritech Logans. 60 VAF-6d Alphas. 20 misc. Battloids.

Vehicles of note:

6 VC-33 "Mom's Kitchen" light VTOL transports. 4 LH-2000 light helicopters. 4 Sea Sergeant ASW helicopters. 10 Cats Eye I reconnaissance craft.

PROPULSION:

6 Westinghouse or Babcox geared turbines on 6 shafts, total shaft horsepower: 625,000.

PERFORMANCE:

39.5 knots maximum speed on the surface. 18 knots maximum speed submerged. Maximum operational depth: 350m. Crush depth: 450m.

MAXIMUM RANGE:

Nuclear generators will function for 25 years. Stores and life support available for 20 months.

DIMENSIONS:

LENGTH 488 meters (oa) HEIGHT : 74 meters BEAM : 60 meters DISPLACEMENT: 240,000 tons (surfaced). 345,000 tons (submerged).

MAIN ENGINE:

3 Rolls-Royce PWR-8 or General Electric D19W nuclear fission reactors, 250,000 hp each.

WEAPON SYSTEMS:

10 76.2cm forward torpedo tubes. Can fire Honeywell mk48 series 8 torpedoes or underwater launched GD/Euromissile Warhawk long range (.5 to 280 km) mach 3.0 combined multi-spectrum imager and active radar homing Reflex cruise missiles. Torpedo room can store 100 weapons. Surviving units were refitted in 2015-2016 with 6 Bofors RLT-2 laser turrets, and 6 point defense missile bins for Rapier IV quick reaction missiles. See the Prometheus for full statistics.

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT:

2 two-person minisubs. 4 six-person minisubs. 12 one man underwater cycles.