Now here's a revision to my Headcanon of the SGW era Confederate States Navy;
Jefferson Davis class Battleship/Battlecruiser (1939)
After the end of the First Great War and the subsequent Treaty of Arlington, the Confederate Navy's battleship forces was cut to 4 Pre-Dreadnaught battleships and was forbidden from building new battleships. During the time from 1918 all the to 1935, the CSN however would draw up some designs for future capital ships. In June of 1935, the new Freedomite Government and the US Government would make the 1935 North American Naval Agreement, which lifted many of the restrictions laid by the Treaty of Arlington. Later that year, Featherston would approve for the CSN's plan for 3 new battlecruiser and had decided to go to the French for assistance in constructing them. This class in question was designated as Project 346 and were designed to serve as commerce raiders in the Atlantic.
Specifications (as originally completed)
Weight: 54,000 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Parsons geared steam turbines, 8x Sural-Indret forced circulation boilers
Range: 8,000 nautical miles
Speed: 33 knots
Sensors: Type 279 early warning radar, Type 284 fire control radar
Armor:
Armament:
CSS Jefferson Davis (B23) - The CSS Jefferson Davis would be ordered from the St. Nazaire Naval Arsenal along with one her sisterships in December of 1935 and was laid down on March 28th, 1936. The ship would be launched on August 9th, 1938 with Jake Featherston* attending it's launching ceremony and was ultimately completed by the Spring of 1939. The CSS Jefferson Davis would be commissioned into the Confederate Navy on April 16th, 1939 shortly after reaching Hampton Roads in Virginia and was made the flagship of the Confederate Navy's Atlantic Fleet. On the outbreak of war in August of 1941, the Jefferson Davis along with a few other Confederate warships would take part in the Anglo-Confederate operate to capture Bermuda and after that, would take on anti-shipping duties in the North Atlantic. Between September 1941 and February of 1942, the Davis would sink a total of 87,000 tons of shipping in the North Atlantic and would also sink the Union destroyer USS Pope. On February 5th 1942 while on an anti-shipping sortie in the North Atlantic 320 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, she and the accompanying heavy cruiser CSS Texas would encounter the Union battlecruiser USS Saratoga and two light cruisers, and in the engagement, the Davis would destroy the Saratoga and damage the cruiser USS Helena. After the engagement, both the Texas and the Davis would break off and planned to link up at Bermuda again, but this was not to be. 2 Days after the Battle of the Labrador Sea, she would be spotted by an SBD Dauntless from the USS Enterprise and the carrier would launch an air attack against the Davis which would prove to be successful in slowing the ship down to 15 knots. Hours later, a certain Task Force 38 would catch up to her, which had the battleships Washington, Michigan, Dakota, 2 heavy cruisers, and 3 destroyers and after a 2 and half hour engagement, would be sunk by the Union ships.
CSS Robert E. Lee (B24) - In December of 1935, the CSS Robert E. Lee would be ordered from the St. Nazaire Naval Arsenal alongside the Jefferson Davis and would be laid down on April 29th, 1936 and would eventually be launched on November 7th, 1938. The Lee would be completed in September of 1939 and would be commissioned into the Confederate fleet later that month. When the SGW began, the Lee would be at port in Charleston and she would eventually be sent out on commerce raiding activities. Between September of 1941 and July of 1943, the she would sink a total of 178,000 tons of shipping and also the US Navy light cruiser USS Springfield in late 1942 off the coast of Iceland as well damaging several other German and Union warships. In July of 1943, the CSS Robert E. Lee alongside several other Confederate Naval vessels would make an attempt alongside the Royal Navy to prevent the Union forces from recapturing the island of Bermuda, which the second battle there would end in a Union victory. In the spring of 1944, the CSS Robert E. Lee alongside a force of several Confederate surface vessels would make a breakout attempt from Hampton Roads to Tampa under Nimitz's and Featherston's orders and on the night of May 26th, would set sail. Unbeknownst to the Confederates, the Union Navy would learn of this and would have a force comprising of the Battlecruisers Lexington and Constellation, the Battleships Wisconsin, Maine, Nevada, and Washington, 1 heavy cruiser, and 5 destroyers laying in wait nearby. In the resulting battle, the Lee, though fighting like a mad dog, would be sunk alongside most of the other ships accompanying her. The Battle off Currituck would be last major confrontation between the Union and Confederate navies as well as the last battleship-on-battleship action in the history of naval warfare.
CSS Camp Hill (B25) - In January of 1936, the CSS Camp Hill would be ordered from the Newport News Naval Shipyard and was to be constructed under French supervision and her keel would be laid on July 16th, 1936. However, there were several delays in the ship's construction due to Featherston's insistence that production of smaller ships be prioritized, and as a result, she would be launched on August 6th, 1939 and would not be commissioned until March of 1941. During her service during the Second Great War, the Camp Hill would operate in the Southern Atlantic, sinking 81,000 tons of shipping as well as two German Destroyers of the German West African Fleet. During the Second Battle of Bermuda, the ship would take part in the operation alongside her sistership the Robert E. Lee, in which the Camp Hill would be damaged by Union Navy dive bombers. Following Bermuda, the Camp Hill would be assigned to the Caribbean Fleet, where she mostly stayed in the port of Tampa until war's end in July of 1944. After the war, the Camp Hill would examined by US Navy engineers and would eventually be used as target practice for Superbomb tests in the Southwest Pacific in 1945 along with other former CS Navy vessels and old US ships, where she would sink after the second test.
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* = Featherston was making a state visit to France and Britain in the Summer of 1938.
Jefferson Davis class Battleship/Battlecruiser (1939)
After the end of the First Great War and the subsequent Treaty of Arlington, the Confederate Navy's battleship forces was cut to 4 Pre-Dreadnaught battleships and was forbidden from building new battleships. During the time from 1918 all the to 1935, the CSN however would draw up some designs for future capital ships. In June of 1935, the new Freedomite Government and the US Government would make the 1935 North American Naval Agreement, which lifted many of the restrictions laid by the Treaty of Arlington. Later that year, Featherston would approve for the CSN's plan for 3 new battlecruiser and had decided to go to the French for assistance in constructing them. This class in question was designated as Project 346 and were designed to serve as commerce raiders in the Atlantic.
Specifications (as originally completed)
Weight: 54,000 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Parsons geared steam turbines, 8x Sural-Indret forced circulation boilers
Range: 8,000 nautical miles
Speed: 33 knots
Sensors: Type 279 early warning radar, Type 284 fire control radar
Armor:
- Belt: 295mm
- Torpedo Bulkhead: 60mm
- Main Deck: 170mm
- Lower Deck: 40mm with 50mm slopes
- Main Turrets: 430mm
- Barbettes: 405mm
- Secondary Turrets: 115mm
- Conning Tower: 338mm
Armament:
- 9 x 15-in/45 caliber M1935 guns (3x3)
- 9 x 6-in/50 caliber M1935 guns (3x3)
- 16 x 100mm/45 caliber M1930 DP guns (8x2)
- 12 x 37mm Vickers-Tredegar AA guns (6x2)
- 24 x 25mm Tredegar AA guns (12x2)
CSS Jefferson Davis (B23) - The CSS Jefferson Davis would be ordered from the St. Nazaire Naval Arsenal along with one her sisterships in December of 1935 and was laid down on March 28th, 1936. The ship would be launched on August 9th, 1938 with Jake Featherston* attending it's launching ceremony and was ultimately completed by the Spring of 1939. The CSS Jefferson Davis would be commissioned into the Confederate Navy on April 16th, 1939 shortly after reaching Hampton Roads in Virginia and was made the flagship of the Confederate Navy's Atlantic Fleet. On the outbreak of war in August of 1941, the Jefferson Davis along with a few other Confederate warships would take part in the Anglo-Confederate operate to capture Bermuda and after that, would take on anti-shipping duties in the North Atlantic. Between September 1941 and February of 1942, the Davis would sink a total of 87,000 tons of shipping in the North Atlantic and would also sink the Union destroyer USS Pope. On February 5th 1942 while on an anti-shipping sortie in the North Atlantic 320 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, she and the accompanying heavy cruiser CSS Texas would encounter the Union battlecruiser USS Saratoga and two light cruisers, and in the engagement, the Davis would destroy the Saratoga and damage the cruiser USS Helena. After the engagement, both the Texas and the Davis would break off and planned to link up at Bermuda again, but this was not to be. 2 Days after the Battle of the Labrador Sea, she would be spotted by an SBD Dauntless from the USS Enterprise and the carrier would launch an air attack against the Davis which would prove to be successful in slowing the ship down to 15 knots. Hours later, a certain Task Force 38 would catch up to her, which had the battleships Washington, Michigan, Dakota, 2 heavy cruisers, and 3 destroyers and after a 2 and half hour engagement, would be sunk by the Union ships.
CSS Robert E. Lee (B24) - In December of 1935, the CSS Robert E. Lee would be ordered from the St. Nazaire Naval Arsenal alongside the Jefferson Davis and would be laid down on April 29th, 1936 and would eventually be launched on November 7th, 1938. The Lee would be completed in September of 1939 and would be commissioned into the Confederate fleet later that month. When the SGW began, the Lee would be at port in Charleston and she would eventually be sent out on commerce raiding activities. Between September of 1941 and July of 1943, the she would sink a total of 178,000 tons of shipping and also the US Navy light cruiser USS Springfield in late 1942 off the coast of Iceland as well damaging several other German and Union warships. In July of 1943, the CSS Robert E. Lee alongside several other Confederate Naval vessels would make an attempt alongside the Royal Navy to prevent the Union forces from recapturing the island of Bermuda, which the second battle there would end in a Union victory. In the spring of 1944, the CSS Robert E. Lee alongside a force of several Confederate surface vessels would make a breakout attempt from Hampton Roads to Tampa under Nimitz's and Featherston's orders and on the night of May 26th, would set sail. Unbeknownst to the Confederates, the Union Navy would learn of this and would have a force comprising of the Battlecruisers Lexington and Constellation, the Battleships Wisconsin, Maine, Nevada, and Washington, 1 heavy cruiser, and 5 destroyers laying in wait nearby. In the resulting battle, the Lee, though fighting like a mad dog, would be sunk alongside most of the other ships accompanying her. The Battle off Currituck would be last major confrontation between the Union and Confederate navies as well as the last battleship-on-battleship action in the history of naval warfare.
CSS Camp Hill (B25) - In January of 1936, the CSS Camp Hill would be ordered from the Newport News Naval Shipyard and was to be constructed under French supervision and her keel would be laid on July 16th, 1936. However, there were several delays in the ship's construction due to Featherston's insistence that production of smaller ships be prioritized, and as a result, she would be launched on August 6th, 1939 and would not be commissioned until March of 1941. During her service during the Second Great War, the Camp Hill would operate in the Southern Atlantic, sinking 81,000 tons of shipping as well as two German Destroyers of the German West African Fleet. During the Second Battle of Bermuda, the ship would take part in the operation alongside her sistership the Robert E. Lee, in which the Camp Hill would be damaged by Union Navy dive bombers. Following Bermuda, the Camp Hill would be assigned to the Caribbean Fleet, where she mostly stayed in the port of Tampa until war's end in July of 1944. After the war, the Camp Hill would examined by US Navy engineers and would eventually be used as target practice for Superbomb tests in the Southwest Pacific in 1945 along with other former CS Navy vessels and old US ships, where she would sink after the second test.
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* = Featherston was making a state visit to France and Britain in the Summer of 1938.
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