Which was the line of thought at the time - torpedo protection only became more important after the start of the war, and protection from aircraft received the attention first. Correct me if I'm wrong, but most of the naval engagements through the start of the war were settled with gunfire -...
I'm quoting Friedman in US Cruisers. The 8000 ton cruiser was shelved as it didn't have the capabilities - and 8000 tons was determined during the 1937-38 light cruisers studies as the minimum tonnage allowable for a mixed-caliber light cruiser - at the time, protection for a 9 gun vessel at...
Wichita follow-ons would not be quite similar to the original vessel. She was deemed too unstable and to have wasted too much weight in terms of displacement. some modifications would have been made. Helena's class had known similar issues, and it was not desired to repeat them.
The...
The Cruiser No. 39? Est commissioned 33-34 while the treaty limit was still in place? Doubtful.
A later CLV (or CF) designed 34-35, commissioned 38-39? Possibly depending on design.
The latest ones, at 12k tons and designed 38-39, commissioned 40-41? They'd become carriers on the slips for...
Is France blockading Canada as well?
EDIT: Also, what is that source you're using? Wanted to take a look-see, but couldn't find it. Assuming it's a snapshot of a google books page.
Honestly, I'd be very cautious about bringing the Russians into this. I've not seen any compelling evidence that the Russians cared to join the Americans besides a few shows of sympathy to the Union. There was nothing that says that they would intervene in the war (nothing that I've ever seen...
The Gloire is rated at 4.7" maximum, but I don't know the breakdown of her armor profile. The Monitor has 5" of armor, decreasing to 3" below the waterline. Not to mention that the turret on Monitor was 8" thick, and the turret on succeeding vessels was 11". The hulls of both vessels had 30"...
Coastal ironclads that would have made any tight blockade nearly impossible to perform, and would have forced to assume a distant station. And where would these blockaders base out of? St. Pierre & Miquelon? Norfolk is far too close to the Union forces and could reasonably be taken, so you'd...
Forgot to reply to this...
I mean, from one of the lists I've done... Harpy, Mystic, Lorelei, Undine, Nymph in addition to Syren and Sylph, mentioned above. Different strain on the theme.
Thing is, this is cruiser tonnage. The carrier tonnage can only be used for carriers, but the London Naval Treaty, which the Congress ratified, explicitly allows for a certain percentage of cruiser tonnage to be built as hybrid cruisers, not carriers. These ships would likely be laid down late...
Depends on the era, again. If it's the 1931 flight deck cruiser, it would be the CLV. If it's the 1935 flight deck cruiser, it would be the CF (they kept on changing their minds).
An alternate designation could be used as well, too.
But we see that with a classic cruiser paradigm being broken, that can shift - with the large cruisers, they didn't use city names, but an intermediate territorial name. The hybrids, by virtue of being hybrid with another type of ship rather than just being a cruiser but bigger are even more...
For that matter, one of these could get Intrepid, while CVs stay limited to the names of battles.
Still, plenty of trends to follow, so take your pick xD There was no OTL naming trend, so this would be an ATL author's dream as they can pick anything within reason.
Of course. Just giving my suggestion :P Heck, you could even name them after cities as well if so desired.
it really would depend on the political environment that would emerge when they're built.
That actually happened as designs got later and later. (for the single-ended guns). The designs to the late 30s eventually devolved to two 6" turrets vs the three. (or, in one case, one 8" turret and 3 5" turrets). That is tied directly to the aviation becoming more important in the design...