Satsuma Pocket Battleship (Azeroth Pocketverse)

[DarthMetool]

Truetanker and I have been messaging each other about me putting together a blue water fleet using Tech Rating B and C stuff, so here is the first requested ship.  This is the Satsuma, originally a pre-dreadnought battleship commissioned and used by the Japanese before WW1.

Link to the Satsuma here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Satsuma

Type: Satsuma-class pocket battleship
Chassis Type: Naval Vessel (Large, Template D)
Tonnage: 19,700 tons
Equipment Rating: B/C-F-X/E

Equipment                                                  Mass
Chassis/Control:                                          6531
Engine/Trans:                ICE                        4255.5
         Cruise MPs:            2
         Flank MPs:              3
Heat Sinks:                      -                             0
Power Amplifiers:                                            0
Fuel:                           13,700km                 5830
Turret:                                                           6
Armor Factor (BAR 6):    1066                         80
         Front:        40                      125
         Front R/L:  40                      125
         Rear R/L:   40                      125
         Rear:         40                      125
         Turret2:     40                      158
         Turret5:     40                      158
Weapons and Ammo                       Location  Mass
2 Thumper Artillery Pieces                Turret2     30
2 Thumper Artillery Pieces                Turret5     30
Ammo (Thumper AP) 400                   Body      20
3 Heavy Rifles                                     FR        24
3 Heavy Rifles                                     FL        24
3 Heavy Rifles                                     RR        24
3 Heavy Rifles                                     RL        24
Ammo (Heavy Rifle) 600                    Body      120
3 Rocket Launcher-PP-20                     FR        4.5
3 Rocket Launcher-PP-20                     FL        4.5
3 Rocket Launcher-PP-20                     RR       4.5
3 Rocket Launcher-PP-20                     RL        4.5

Crew: 19 officers, 23 enlisted/non-rated, 68 gunners, 135 marines

Cargo
       1969 tons standard cargo (Body)

Notes: Features Armored chassis, 2 field kitchens (6 tons), MASH unit (2 theaters, 5.5 tons), 6 mounted searchlights (Front/Right/Left/Rear/Turret2/Turret5, 3 tons), 25 lifeboats, 135 steerage quarters (Marines, 675 tons)

Battle Value: 10,266
Cost: 51,670,000

If you like this one, Truetanker, go ahead and write some fluff for it.  I don't know your pocketverse well enough to do it myself.

[Sabelkatten]

Shouldn't that be a steam engine rather than ICE?

[DarthMetool]

Shouldn't that be a steam engine rather than ICE?

If I was going strictly historical, then yes, it would have a steam engine.  But that would mean having to drop 709 tons from cargo capacity, and putting it's range at about 3915 km.

[Sabelkatten]

If I was going strictly historical, then yes, it would have a steam engine.  But that would mean having to drop 709 tons from cargo capacity, and putting it's range at about 3915 km.

Hmm... Yeah, that would be rather short. :(

[truetanker]

After action report:

The Satsuma class works very well against mechs and surface actions, but not against the Word or my AU Clan, Iron Dolphin. But however the Word has a couple of these and so does Iron Dolphin. By replacing the heavy rifles with Light Gauss, the Word has a deadly sniper platform. In a recent action against the Word, Iron Dolphin captured a Satsuma. After repairing her with new clantech, Ultra Light Gauss. Basicly a LG with Ultra capabilities, the Iron Dolphin ship Iron Dolphin countered the Word's version. Under weathered fire, both preformed as promised.

Still both sides had a good battle.

TT