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[Adrian925]

Hi THere,

 

Does anyone have the stats for USS Alaska'a main battery?

 

Thanks

 

Adrian

[Cpt M]

The attached pdf has the logs for the Alaska and Montana class, plus some late/post war CLs and CAs.

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[Adrian925]

Many thanks!

[GMG4RWF]

The attached pdf has the logs for the Alaska and Montana class, plus some late/post war CLs and CAs.

There's an error here. The Worcesters had a secondary battery of 3" 50s in DP mounts (while these did make up a lot of their AA armament they were still DP & bombardment capable, I worked with Mk 33s on LPHs & would have taken a toll on any DD/TPB attacks)

[Cpt M]

There's an error here. The Worcesters had a secondary battery of 3" 50s in DP mounts (while these did make up a lot of their AA armament they were still DP & bombardment capable, I worked with Mk 33s on LPHs & would have taken a toll on any DD/TPB attacks)

The logs reflect the 'as designed' plan of the Worcesters.  The original plan had quad 40mm AA as the medium AA battery.  Later, the plan was amended to replace these with dual 3"/50 DPs.  To model the 'as built' version, you can add the 3"/50 DPs (5 to each broadside and 1 on the bow and 1 on the stern).  The AA values should remain the same, IIRC (I don't have the AA 'calculator' to hand).  Truth told, considering the construction dates for this class, it is highly unlikely that any would have been completed in time for action in anything but a very extended (ie, 1947-48) war.