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First off, I have to say every design I do referring to the Destroyermen saga is derived, at least in part, from an initial drawing or description by the author, Taylor Anderson. Kudos to an inventive mind. I then bend, fold, spindle & mutilate them to my own depraved ends.

This is the second design study of two proposed for the Alliance's next class of destroyer. It uses a slightly larger hull with the topside rearranged to bring the main battery onto the centerline. With the larger hull, I gave her twin 4" DP mounts which makes her equal or better in terms of firepower to the destroyers the LOT may have. They may replace those with single or twin 4.7" DPs, if they get around to producing them. The rounded stern is to improve bouyancy & reduce the turn radius. It also gives more room to work around the depth charge racks. I left her with four stacks, but trunking them into two is an option to free up more topside space for maybe more AAA. As this would be a completely new design, it may be deferred to the next class produced.

Note: If the seaplane requirement is dropped as carrier air power improves, the free topside area can be used to install another twin 4" or 4.7" DP mount or another pair of 25mm AAA (or future ordnance as is developed).

Description
First off, I have to say every design I do referring to the Destroyermen saga is derived, at least in part, from an initial drawing or description by the author, Taylor Anderson. Kudos to an inventive mind. I then bend, fold, spindle & mutilate them to my own depraved ends.

This is the second design study of two proposed for the Alliance's next class of destroyer. It uses a slightly larger hull with the topside rearranged to bring the main battery onto the centerline. With the larger hull, I gave her twin 4" DP mounts which makes her equal or better in terms of firepower to the destroyers the LOT may have. They may replace those with single or twin 4.7" DPs, if they get around to producing them. The rounded stern is to improve bouyancy & reduce the turn radius. It also gives more room to work around the depth charge racks. I left her with four stacks, but trunking them into two is an option to free up more topside space for maybe more AAA. As this would be a completely new design, it may be deferred to the next class produced.

Note: If the seaplane requirement is dropped as carrier air power improves, the free topside area can be used to install another twin 4" or 4.7" DP mount or another pair of 25mm AAA (or future ordnance as is developed).