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Wyrmshadow
08-08-2009, 02:08 PM
Okay this is a quick question that google was unable to answer.
I'm doing a little project, my own take on a Long Beach upgrade to a strike cruiser of the mid-1980's.

Someone on another board had pointed out that I would need to remove one of the midships VLS to get at the reactors. But I don't know exactly where they would be. I've seen the current LB stripped of its superstructure, waiting to be recycled in Bremerton... but I don't see any overt sign of where its reactors are.

here's some pics.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/LongBeachUpgrade.png
newest

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/TicoBeachDiagram.png

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/th_newRear1.png (http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/?action=view&current=newRear1.png)http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/th_newRear2.png (http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/?action=view&current=newRear2.png)http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/th_frontquarter.png (http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/?action=view&current=frontquarter.png)http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/th_rearquarter.png (http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/?action=view&current=rearquarter.png)

comparison with the old one.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/th_UpgradeCompare.png (http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/?action=view&current=UpgradeCompare.png)

And before anyone says "That looks nothing like the Strike Cruiser proposal".. I realize that. My goal was to make a Ticonderoga-Long Beach mix.. and I had learned of the Strike Cruiser after I had done most of the work.

1 Internet for whoever can guess the 2 gun mounts.

D.E. Watters
08-09-2009, 04:43 PM
The gun mounts are the 8"/55 Mk 71.

FWIW: The Long Beach reportedly was built with foundations for eight Polaris missle tubes. That had to take up some space admidships.

Winger
08-09-2009, 04:43 PM
Nice work Wyrm! An arsenal ship for the 80's.

8" guns but not sure of the mount designation?

Bro Jangles
08-09-2009, 04:47 PM
Are those the Guns from the DDG1000? ive seen the long beach sitting in bremerton.

Ned72
08-09-2009, 09:44 PM
It's a pretty impressive looking ship. Could you give us a walk-through on its modifications, armament, and electronics?

Wyrmshadow
08-10-2009, 04:24 AM
I know next to nothing about naval electronics. What little I do know I was just taught this past week when I was building this and I started asking questions about the secondary systems of ships. I know hulls and guns, that is about it. If can ID them, then the radars and various systems are plainly evident in the pictures. I took parts from the Ticonderoga and Burke classes to update this.