(^^^) Just following Mahan. He wanted the islands for the United States as part of the "Drive Across the Pacific"; which had replaced Manifest Destiny. Please understand that while he is my geo-strategist of record and choice, he was also an evil imperialist, no different than the other interlopers who raced around the world trying to impose their foreign values and political systems onto local inhabitants, who the imperialists thought needed to be taught religion and "good government", while being economically exploited for the privileges of learning the European or American or Japanese civilization being imposed on them by force.
If you want to know what kind of alternate warships would result from such a situation if Mahan had his way all the way?
The following source material started with DANFS prototype illustrations of the ships in grayscale but the work is 90% manipulated by me to produce the final illustrations of USS Maine, USS Texas and USS Brooklyn for my ATL. I am rather proud of the results.
I like the drawings. I like the Texas better than the Maine. Maybe for the brighter color, and the stacks being closer to the center in Texas than Maine.(^^^) Just following Mahan. He wanted the islands for the United States as part of the "Drive Across the Pacific"; which had replaced Manifest Destiny. Please understand that while he is my geo-strategist of record and choice, he was also an evil imperialist, no different than the other interlopers who raced around the world trying to impose their foreign values and political systems onto local inhabitants, who the imperialists thought needed to be taught religion and "good government", while being economically exploited for the privileges of learning the European or American or Japanese civilization being imposed on them by force.
If you want to know what kind of alternate warships would result from such a situation if Mahan had his way all the way?
The following source material started with DANFS prototype illustrations of the ships in grayscale but the work is 90% manipulated by me to produce the final illustrations of USS Maine, USS Texas and USS Brooklyn for my ATL. I am rather proud of the results.
The extra turret on Brooklyn is a bold move. How much longer is her hull for the extra turret? This Brooklyn has double the main gun broadside of the later Pennsylvania armored cruisers. Does this Brooklyn eventually get refitted with the same new 8" guns that USS New York was refitted with?
This USN should get a sister-ship for Brooklyn. Can we also get wing main battery turrets on the Pennsylvanias and Tennessees?