Gustavo's Battleship is a commandeered Iowa-class Battleship in the Gran Colombian Navy.
General[]
Gustavo's Battleship is an Iowa-class battleship. Originally belonging to the American Navy, it is unknown which of the four Iowa-class ships it is.
According to the real-life Iowa-class technical features the battleship has a length of 860 feet 0 inches (262.13 m) at the waterline and 887 feet 3 inches (270.43 m), beam of 108 feet 2 inches (32.97 m), draft of 36 feet 2 inches (11.02 m). Including two rudders and four screws General Electric geared steam turbines. It is able to attain a speed of 33 knots (61.1 km/h) at full speed.
Armaments[]
Its main armament is nine 16-inch (406 mm)/50-caliber Mark 7 naval Guns that fire high-explosive and armor-piercing shells. It can fire a 16-inch shell approximately 23.4 nautical miles (43.3 km). These guns are housed in 3-gun turrets: two forward of the superstructure and one aft, in a configuration known as "2-A-1". The battleship also carries twelve 5-inch (127 mm)/38 caliber Mark 12 guns in six Mark 28 Mod 2 twin enclosed base ring mounts.
History[]
Trivia[]
- The battleship is shown in its World War II configuration, without upgrade that the Iowa-class ships had received by 1988.
- How exactly the Gran Columbian Empire managed to restore the ship to working condition is unclear as the ship must have been:
- Immobile for decades, with powerplant and most of the mechanics unworkable due to lack of regular maintenance.
- Require highly specific, 1940s spare parts, which weren't produced for more than 50 years.
- Extreme manpower-demanding, requiring a large number of specialists, trained on World War II era technology.
- There would be no compatible ammunition for the main weapon left.
- Unsuitable for modern naval warfare, having no practical defenses against air, missile & underwater attacks and very primitive sensor and fire control capabilities.
- It is unclear how Gustavo or Cuba would have acquired this weapon in their arsenal.