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'Independence' Class Littoral Combat Ship

OUTDATED. SEE BELOW.

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Happy Independence Day! God bless America and her allies!

ABOUT

[MOSTLY VANILLA]

The Independence class is a class of littoral combat ships built for the United States Navy. The hull design evolved from a project at Austal to design a 40 knot cruise ship. That hull design evolved into the high-speed trimaran ferry HSC Benchijigua Express and the Independence class was then proposed by General Dynamics and Austal as a contender for Navy plans to build a fleet of small, multipurpose warships to operate in the littoral zone. Two ships were approved, to compete with Lockheed Martin's Freedom-class design. Despite initial plans to only build ships of the winner out of the two competing Independence or Freedom classes, in 2010 the Navy announced plans to order up to ten additional ships of each class, for a total 12 ships per class. In March 2016 the Navy announced their intention to order an additional two ships, increasing the order to 13 ships of each class. It was announced in early September 2016 that the first four vessels of the LCS program would be used as test ships rather than being deployed with the fleet. This includes lead ship Independence and Coronado. As of May 2019, nine ships have been commissioned. Starting in 2019, ships of this class will be designated as fast frigates (FF) which will include increased firepower and heavier armor.

Wikipedia, 2019.

AMENITIES

- Flag and Command Bridge
- Combat Information Center (CIC)
- Senior Officer's Briefing
- Petty Officer's Briefing
- Captain's Quarters
- Sick Bay
- Mail Room
- Library
- Para-loft Lockers
- Senior Officer's Dining Room
- General Mess Hall
- Muster Stations
- Stores and Steerage
- Officer's Berthing
- Crew Berthing
- Laundry
- Brig
- Engineering
- Hangar
- Landing Pad for MH/60-(ROMEO) Sikorsky Sea Hawk
- Six Restrooms

ARMAMENT

- Main "MART" Bofors gun for close anti-ship warfare
- Diamond Dome Defense Phalanx anti-aircraft gun
- Torpedo and missile countermeasures

MODS

The construct does not require any mods for its actual build, as per usual. The only mods are the weapons used on the small grid turrets, to make them much stronger than their vanilla counterparts. Obviously I can't recommend the water mod enough, but it can just as easily float as it can stand as a station in good-looking vanilla ice.

CREDIT

OctoMoose's wonderful small grid DDS ready turrets! Seriously, if you want to create something like this, check his page out!

EPILOGUE

Many more Navy builds are on the way, as well as the helicopters seen in the images above.







A low-cost effective APC, capable of being transported into combat by dropship, was required to satisfy the Marine 70 battlefield deployment strategy. From this, the M577 Armored Personnel Carrier was born. The M577, fully mobile and well armed, is a multi-role vehicle designed as part of a lightly equipped rapid-reaction force. Because of rigid design restrictions imposed by the need for the APC to be drop-transportable, it has resulted in a lighter and less capable vehicle than other APCs currently in service.

Model

M577 (A3 Variant)

Length

15.7m (turret deployed)

Width

6.5m

Height

4.25m (turret stowed)

Mass

14,500kg

Complement

Three (3) plus seven (7)

RD. Speed

?km/h

• DROPSHIP COMPATIBLE
  The M577 APC is purpose-built to work with many aerial vehicles, but more specifically the UD-4L Cheyenne Utility Dropship. It can be carried outboard by this craft to be deployed from orbit.This effectively raises the collective complement to 15, spread amongst both vehicles.
  
• GRAVITY CAPABILITY
  The APC holds the ability to operate normally within artificial gravity fields as well as standard natural gravity fields due to artificial mass anchors.
  
• TACTICAL OPERATIONS CENTER
  The M577 is equipped with 6 EKG / EEG biometric readout monitors which display real-time helmet-cam feed. It is the perfect station for monitoring troops as a senior officer. Often missions are staged from this operations center while the marines take point.
  
• MEDICAL
  The APC also comes with a medical compartment, and is able to heal wounded marines with a survival kit, which is wall mounted in the rear interior compartment of the APC.
  
• WEAPONS
  The APC comes equipped with a stowable (unguided) mortar turret as well as two heavy-duty gatling guns at the front of the hull. It also possesses a tactical laser to aid in aiming.
  
• CLEARANCE
  For small openings and aerial transport, the rear mortar turret can raise up and down to allow more streamlined access into tight spaces. The tire pressure can be easily raised or lowered, so ground clearance can be changed to fit mission parameters.
  
• SENSORS
  The APC can be calibrated to detect ores as well as hostile lifesigns within a 50 meter radius utilizing hifi air-motion density tracking. This will trigger an alarm in the cabin.
  
• SAFETY
  The M577 holds standard roadway lighting, dynamic lights that respond to braking, reversing, and turning for maximal ground-crew safety.