Good ship schematic?

[LoBlo]

I'm looking for a picture of a good ship schematic for a any modern warship. One that shows the layout of a warship in terms of the deck space, crew berthing, fuel tanks, engine compartment, weapon stores, etc. Anyone have any good links?

[LoBlo]

So it seems there are less surface ship guru's about than sub-guru's... which is to be expected on a "Sub" forum...

... guess I'll just have to scower the google pages some more...

[Henson]

[LuftWolf]

Now THAT's comedy. :rotfl:

[Henson]

The more vague the question, the more useless the answer.

[LoBlo]

What's vague about the question? Was the question confusing?...:hmm: ...

What I'm curious about it the what a typical layout for a modern warship looks likes. Modern sub layouts are pretty well shown on the web, with aft engineering sections, engines/reactors held mid ship, control decks usually on the upper forward decks and crew birthings on the middecks forward. The bottom forward decksa re usually auxillary equipment and/or torpedo stowage... with some variability of the forward compartments depending on where the torpedo tubes are located.

But, being a sub fan thats just getting interested in surface ships, where are the crew berthings and stores for a typical warship? Just below the superstructure? Or perhaps in the forward sections of the hull. What is usually stored in the long-tapered bow of a ship? Fuel? Empty space? Where are the fuel tanks? Is there one big holding tank, or is the tank elongated within the most bottom parts of the hull?

Anyone have any good diagrams?

[Henson]

The reason no one is replying is because all of these ships are different. There is really no 'standard' layout aside from the obvious fact that the engineering spaces are probably below the main deck.

Even within nations it can be different. A fig, for instance, has a really strange layout when compared with escorts. There insn't an easy answer to your question.

[awood6535]

http://cache.ussmissouri.org/missouri.pdf

[LoBlo]

Originally Posted by Henson

The reason no one is replying is because all of these ships are different. There is really no 'standard' layout aside from the obvious fact that the engineering spaces are probably below the main deck.

Even within nations it can be different. A fig, for instance, has a really strange layout when compared with escorts. There insn't an easy answer to your question.

Got hung up on the word "typical" huh? Ok, edited. I'll use the word "any" instead, to be less confusing to you.

Originally Posted by awood6535

http://cache.ussmissouri.org/missouri.pdf

Thanks awood. Know any schematics of a more modern ship?

[Linton]

LoBlo can you list the sites you found the submarine stuff on to save me googling?

[LoBlo]

Hi Linton. I tend to save things on my harddrive whenever I find them, so some of the stuff I've found I've lost the original sites. Lets see what I've got bookmarked....

Nice kilo model showing a typical interior
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../KiloModel.jpg

Type 212/213 schematics
http://www.naval-technology.com/proj...type_2122.html
http://www.naval-technology.com/proj...type_2125.html
http://www.naval-technology.com/proj...type_2128.html

Nice Ohio SSBN schematics
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/sy.../ohio_plan.gif
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/sy...es/ohio_13.gif

hope that helps
lb

[Linton]

LoBlo thank you for that.have you come across any Rn ones?

[LoBlo]

Not that I remember, never came acros any T-boat or Vanguard schematics.

[SeaQueen]

Originally Posted by LoBlo

But, being a sub fan thats just getting interested in surface ships, where are the crew berthings and stores for a typical warship?

In an aircraft carrier, they're right underneath the catapults. It doesn't strike me as a quiet place. In an FFG, as you walk onto the ship from the flight deck, you pass through a passage between the two hangers, hang a left, go through the door, take a right into the ward room, walk through the wardroom and there's the officers staterooms. Keep going down the hatch at the end of the passage and you'll find the enlisted quarters and "overflow" where they stick all the extra officers like pilots, anyone who didn't fit into a stateroom, and random "riders."

What is usually stored in the long-tapered bow of a ship?

On an FFG 7 it's just a bunch of ropes and junk that the deck division doesn't deal with unless they're leaving or entering port. It's mostly empty, though.

Where are the fuel tanks?

Don't know. From the taste of things on an FFG it's mixed into the water. I won't even go into how they have glamorous toilet/bidets