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.