Chuck Norris class Super Dreadnaught
| Chuck Norris-class Super Dreadnaught | |
| Ordered: | December 5, 2005 |
| Laid down: | December 23, 2005 |
| Launched: | December 30, 2005 |
| Commissioned: | January 10, 2006 |
| Fate: | Sunk April 12, 2006, by the Whyatican Navy |
| General Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Displacement: | 5.6 million tons empty, 5.7 million tons, fully loaded |
| Length: | 1500 m (4920 ft) |
| Beam: | 155 m (508 ft) |
| Draught: | 40 m (131 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 10 A4W nuclear reactors, total of 5.5 GW |
| Speed: | 22 knots (40 km/h) |
| Range: | Essentially unlimited |
| Complement: | 15,000 |
| Armour: | 1.5 meters (59") of Tantalum armor, 1 meter (39") Niobium armor, Titanic-derived compartment grid on lower decks to prevent flooding |
| Armament: | 16 1000 mm (39") deterrence cannons, 18 600mm (24") coastal bombardment guns, 24 300mm (12") anti-ship guns, 250 12.5mm (.50 caliber) machine guns, forty Patriot SAM missile batteries, twenty "Fido" Mk.24 acoustic torpedo batteries (anti-sub), ten Tomahawk cruise missile launchers |
| Aircraft: | None |
The Chuck Norris-class Super Dreadnaught is Kahanistan's largest warship. It was produced in late 2005 and commissioned in January 2006.
Named for Chuck Norris, a semi-legendary figure whose exploits are widely discussed on the General forum, the first ship of the Chuck Norris-class, the RKS Chuck Norris, is intended to restore the military capacity of the Kahanistan Republic Navy after its disastrous defeat by AMF in the Kraven War.
The warship is significantly larger than a Doujin-class or Sentinel-class super dreadnaught. However, due to the size, only one is planned, though others may in the distant future be produced for sale or as aid to allies. However, it is more for intimidation and sheer size and power than combat usefulness, as Kahanistanian naval doctrine does not generally emphasize overly large warships.
Originally intended to be fifteen kilometers long, 250 megatons, and capable of decimating Gholgoth fleets single-handedly, the design for what would have been the largest warship ever constructed by a modern nation was drastically scaled down to a still huge 1.5 km design due to budget and time constraints. (The original would have taken Kahanistan years to build, even spending the entire defense budget for the next ten years on the warship to be affectionately nicknamed "Chucky.")
Recently, other nations have criticized it as a poor combatant warship, due to its relatively few missile launchers and numerous heavy guns. The only super dreadnaught to be fielded by the Kahanistanian Navy was scuttled on April 12, 2006, to avoid capture by Whyatican soldiers after an intense infantry battle aboard the ship.
