Kontos Class Star Frigate
Next ship i made, was the Kontos- class Star Frigate. Made some renders in Substance Painter 2 for that, without weapons. Sergeant Barlex already rigged it for the mod and can be seen here: Moddb.com. Model Polygoncount is 33k. Credits: Ship design by Fractalsponge: Fractalsponge.net.
Knox-class frigate USS Robert E. Peary (FF-1073) and the skyline of in the backgroundClass overviewBuilders:., Seattle and San Pedro.Operators:.Preceded by:/Succeeded by:Built:1965–1974In commission:1969–1994 (USN)Planned:55Completed:46Cancelled:9Retired:46 (USN)Preserved:General characteristicsType:FrigateDisplacement:4,260 tons (full load)Length:438 ft (134 m)Beam:46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)Draft:24 ft 9 in (7.54 m)Propulsion:1 shaft, one Westinghouse steam turbine, 2 V2M boilers.
Contents.History The 46 ships of the Knox class were the largest, last and most numerous of the US Navy's second-generation (ASW) escorts. The lead ship of the class was, 5 October 1965 and on 12 April 1969, at in. Planned as the follow-on to the twin 5-inch gun armed and the missile-equipped, their initial design incorporated the prior classes' pressure-fired boilers in a similar-sized hull designed around the massive bow-mounted sonar, with increased endurance and reduced crew size.
Anti-submarine armament was to consist of anti submarine missiles together with the drone helicopter, while defensive armament was to be the short range anti-aircraft missile backed up by a single 5-inch gun. Drawing of a Knox-class frigate as built.The design soon ran into problems, with the US Navy deciding to switch to conventional 1,200 psi (8,300 kPa) boilers, requiring a redesign, with the ships becoming longer and heavier in order to accommodate the less compact power plants. In 1965, Sea Mauler was cancelled, leaving the ships to complete without any surface-to-air missile system.Ten ships were authorized in 1964, sixteen in 1965 and ten each for FYs 1966, 67 and 68; six were canceled in 1968 and four more in 1969. While the FY64 and FY65 ships were ordered from four different shipyards, later ships (DE-1078 onwards) were all ordered from in order to cut costs. These ships were built on a production line, with prefabricated modules being assembled upside down, welded together and then rotated into an upright position. They were originally commissioned as destroyer escorts (DEs) 1052–1097 in 1969–1974, but were redesignated as frigates (FF) on 30 June 1975.
Bow modifications including bulwark and horizontal spray strake on in 1984.The Knox class had been criticized for deck wetness and there were a number of instances of damage to the forward weapons mounts in heavy seas. In 1979, the class began to receive 'hurricane bows' beginning with. The modification heightened the bow section, adding bulwarks and spray to prevent burrowing into on-coming seas and better protect the forecastle armament.The Knox class was the Navy's last destroyer-type design with a powerplant.Due to their unequal comparison to then in service (larger size with lower speed and a only single screw and 5 inch gun), they became known to a generation of destroyermen as 'McNamara's Folly.' These ships were retired from the US Navy at the end of the due to their relatively high running costs, a declining defense budget, and the need for ships with a more advanced antisubmarine capability.
None of the ships served more than 23 years in the US Navy, and by 1994 all of the class had been retired, although some remain in service with foreign nations such as, and.Description. Overhead view of Knox-class frigate USS Fanning (FF-1076)The Knox class are 438 feet (133.5 m) and 415 feet (126.5 m), with a of 46 feet 9 inches (14.2 m) and a of 24 feet 9 inches (7.5 m). At 4,200 metric tons (4,130 tons), with a length of 438 feet (133.5 metres) and a beam of 47 feet (14.3 m).
The steam plant for these ships consists of two or 'D' type boilers, each equipped with a high-pressure (supercharger) forced draught air supply system, with a plant working pressure of 1,200 pounds per square inch (8,300 kPa) and 1,000 °F (538 °C) superheat and rated at 35,000 shaft horsepower (26,000 kW) driving a single screw. This gives them a speed of 27 knots (50 km/h).These ships were designed primarily as antisubmarine warfare platforms. As built, their main anti-submarine sensor was the large bow-mounted CX low-frequency scanning, operating as an active sonar at a frequency of about 3.5 kHz and passively at 1.5–4 kHz. The active modes of operation included direct path, to a range of about 20,000 yards (18,000 m), bottom bounce, and convergence zone, which could give ranges of up to about 70,000 yards (64,000 m), well outside the capability of ASROC, and requiring the use of a helicopter to exploit. Twenty-five ships of the class (DE-1052, 1056, 1063–1071 and 1078–1097) were refitted with the AN/SQS-35(V) Independent Variable Depth Sonar, an active sonar operating at about 13 kHz. The IVDS' sonar transducers were packaged within a 2-ton fiberglass-enclosed 'fish' containing the sonar array and a gyro-compass/sensor package launched by the massive 13V Hoist from a stern compartment, located just beneath the main deck, to depths of up to 600 feet (180 m).
The IVDS could take advantage of water layer temperature conditions in close-range (less than 20,000 yards (18,290 m)) submarine detection, tracking and fire-control. The AN/SQS-35 'fish' was later modified to tow an AN/SQR-18A TACTASS passive towed array sonar.As built, they were equipped with one forward, an eight-round ASROC launcher (with 16 missiles carried) abaft the gun and forward of the bridge, with four fixed 12.75 in (324 mm) anti-submarine torpedo tubes. A helicopter deck and hangar for operating the DASH drone helicopter was fitted aft.
Kontos Class Star Frigate Lego Mini
The helicopter facilities were expanded in the 1970s to accommodate the larger, manned, helicopter. While as built, anti-aircraft capabilities were limited to the 5-inch gun, it was planned to refit the ships with a short range surface to air missile system to replace the cancelled Sea Mauler. 31 ships (DE-1052–1069 and 1071–1083) were fitted with an eight-round Basic Point Defence Missile System launcher for missiles, while DE-1070 was fitted with an improved NATO Sea Sparrow launcher. It was planned to equip the other 14 ships with, based on the air-to-air missile, but this plan was abandoned. All ships were refitted with a 20 millimetre aft during the 1980s, replacing the Sea Sparrow launcher where fitted. Surface warfare weaponry was at first similarly limited to the gun, with several ships receiving an interim upgrade allowing anti-radar missiles to be fired from the ships' ASROC launcher in the 1970s.
Later, all ships were modified to launch anti-ship missiles from the ASROC launcher, which could carry two Harpoons, with two more carried in the ships' ASROC magazine. Baleares class Five modified ships were built in Spain for the as the.Chi Yang class. Chi Yang class FFG-932In the 1990s, the US agreed to transfer 8 Knox-class frigates to the (ROCN). The ROCN, anticipating future difficulties in maintaining the steam plants on these ships, originally contemplated an ambitious plan to replace these plants with diesel engines. However, due to budget considerations and the acquisition of newer ships, this plan is now believed to have been shelved.
These frigates were renamed the Chi Yang class and assigned to the ROCN 168 Patrol Squadron.By 2005, the ROCN had removed several systems from the retired upgraded -vintage destroyers and transferred them to seven of the Chi Yang class. These systems include SM-1MR in box launchers, H-930 modular combat system, and DA-08 air/surface search radar. Each Chi Yang-class frigate has 10 SM-1 missiles installed in two forward twin box launchers on top of the helicopter hangar, and two triple box launchers installed between the stack and the hangar, pointing to port and starboard. Chi Yang (FFG-932) did not receive the upgrade.The anti-submarine capability of the Chi Yang class is provided by its SQS-26 bow-mounted sonar, SQS-35(v) VDS, SQR-18(v)1 passive TAS, MD500 ASW helicopter, Mk-16 8-cell / box launcher, and 4 x Mk46 324 mm torpedoes. While on ASW patrol, the frigate will carry 2 x Harpoon SSMs and 6 x ASROCs in its Mk-16 box launcher.There are some speculations that these ships will probably be upgraded with missiles.