With Wesley's efforts, it took three days to draw all the drawings of the new destroyer, and it would be nice to have a computer, Wesley complained about this, although now he can invent a computer, but the industry as a whole is not good, so Wesley can only wait.
The new destroyer was improved by Wesley based on the Keeling-class destroyers of the United States at the end of World War II, and this time he directly built four ocean-going destroyers.
Killing-class destroyers full load displacement: 3480 tons; Main scale: total length 11,902 meters, total width 1,250 meters, draft 381 meters; Speed: 32 knots; Crew: 367 people; Main guns: 3 K32 twin 5-inch high-level dual-purpose guns; Torpedo: 12 5-link 21-inch torpedo tubes were dismantled; Air defense weapons: 2 quadruple 40mm Bofors guns, 2 twin 40mm Bofors guns, and 11 single-barreled 20mm Erlikon guns.
This is the original data, and Wesley directly changed a little, the tonnage reached a full load of 4000 tons, the main scale is basically unchanged, the use of gas turbines and diesel engines together, increased fuel carrying, the maximum speed can reach 38 knots. 8 twin guns, 12 Gibson 20 quadruple guns.
There are two Shuanglianzhuang fish launch tubes, and two depth charge launchers are placed in the rear, equipped with twenty depth charges.
This is an epoch-making destroyer, although the armament looks very weak, in fact, this is just right, the battle between the destroyers is not fierce, the key is the problem of speed, and Wesley's design has only one chimney, the superstructure is more concentrated in the center, the use of a spherical nose bow and flying scissor bow design, the main destroyer is not only beautiful in appearance, but also simple and practical.
This destroyer can last for decades and will never go out of style, especially in a dual-power configuration, suitable for both low-speed and high-speed sailing modes, and diesel engines and gas turbines can only be produced by Wesley's Power Company.
Although Wesley could also produce gasoline engines, he became a major shareholder in Ford Motor Co., Ltd., which was directly ceded to Ford, while Wesley himself produced trucks and off-road vehicles, both for the military.
The construction of the battleship started, and Wesley directly regretted the barracks and continued to train, but he did not pay the slightest attention to the production of the battleship this time, because the result had already been determined.
In this case, the time quietly came to 1914, and the troops trained by Wesley had achieved good results, which was relative to the current army, and Wesley also had the confidence to introduce the test, although the equipment was very lacking, especially the problem of landing ships.
The destroyer has been built and delivered to the Navy for sea trials, and the results are satisfactory, but there are some differences in armament, especially on the use of depth charges, which the Navy considers completely unnecessary.
But Wesley just smiled, and then asked, "Do you want me to produce a submarine to attack you?"
This sentence shut up the Navy, this is a big inventor, and the speed of invention is simply super fast, and the patent applications are taken and applied for by a dozen.
And the role of the destroyer was described in detail by Wesley again, and the Navy recognized the role of this kind of warship.
There are many functions, but it will not be used as a main battle ship, but there are a lot of them, especially the coastline and the fleet need this kind of destroyer, and at the same time Wesley directly told the Navy that this kind of battleship can be used for decades, and according to Apple's information, the Keeling-class destroyer has been used until the 80s, of course, after many modifications.
The Navy got a new toy, they were excited to test with four destroyers, and William Benson came directly to Wesley's barracks, he came this time with a big order, and those shipyards were waiting to start construction, he was not Wesley, he could fight with his peers willfully.
"Wesley, allow me to call you that, your design is fantastic, especially at that speed, how are the subsequent battleships" "General, the Navy hasn't placed an order, how can I design it," Wesley said directly.
"It doesn't matter, there are four of the three types of warships under us, as our experimental ships, but other shipyards need to start construction, but in order to accumulate their experience, they all start with destroyers, anyway, we need a lot of them."
The number is indeed a lot, not to mention the two main fleets in the east and west, the long coastline, naval bases and colonies are needed, and it is necessary to order a large number of destroyers, and this kind of ship is not expensive, no one is around 800,000 US dollars.
Wesley's production costs were low, mainly for technical reasons, and money was worth a lot of money in this era, totaling £200,000.
The Navy plans to build the first batch of 32 destroyers of this kind and divide them into two fleets, and at the same time the Navy is ready to sell all the existing ships, and they have taken a fancy to those backward warships, anyway, now is the period of renewing ships, and they can sell them if they can, and they will talk about whether they can sell them, and this matter must be kept absolutely secret.
"Yes general, but I have conditions."
"Of course, you can say this, we can discuss."
"The first is that I need the first batch of four destroyer orders, after all, my slipway can't be idle, and I don't have to rush work now, and the remaining three models, I need to slow down, first of all, the construction of two types of cruisers, and the battleship has to wait, after all, the slipway is not finished" "Okay, that's it."
Still didn't use Wesley to take out the drawings, William Benson had absolute confidence in Wesley's technology, and he saw the whole picture at a glance, so he was full of confidence, and he didn't pay the deposit anyway, and everyone knew it.
Many shipyards split the remaining orders, got the design drawings, and began to place orders with Wesley's power company and arsenal, and the U.S.
Navy issued a warning to the shipyards, that is, secrecy.
Now the smell of gunpowder in Europe is getting stronger and stronger, and the Americans are gearing up, and many people agree with Wesley's judgment that once this war starts, it will be a few years, and it will be certain to get rich by then.
And the Americans don't want their actions to provoke Europe, it's not right for them to calm down, this war must be fought, otherwise we won't be accompanied. t1706231537: