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Message: <blockquote data-quote="XP67_Moonbat" data-source="post: 232870" data-attributes="member: 1047">Other than a Sept 2001 PopSci article, I can't seem to find much else about the Leviathan trimaran batleeship concept.http://books.google.com/books?id=iQyaw_xlM_UC&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=us+navy+leviathan+battleship++Popular+Science&source=bl&ots=iTKQ6_xd77&sig=2pbSX1iWRSz4mGkx5BBHZ_sZjvY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bBA0VMPEIMuhyASzn4GgBw&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=us%20navy%20leviathan%20battleship%20%20Popular%20Science&f=falseJust found thisFrom <a href="http://everything2.com/title/Trimaran+Warships">http://everything2.com/title/Trimaran+Warships</a>"One of the main ships considered by the US Navy, is known as the <a href="http://everything2.com/title/Leviathan">Leviathan</a>.  The ship would have electric motors that could propel all of its 25,745 tons to 32 <a href="http://everything2.com/title/knots">knots</a>.  The ship is armed with twin <a href="http://everything2.com/title/rail+gun">rail gun</a>s, that can accelerate a shell (1 out of a magazine of 12,240) up to <a href="http://everything2.com/title/mach">mach</a> 10.  Despite their smaller calibre size, each shell has the impact velocity of a 16-inch gun from an <a href="http://everything2.com/title/Iowa+Class+battleship">Iowa Class battleship</a>. The energy necessary to fire only requires a decrease of speed to 30 knots.  The Leviathan is also armed with missile systems, as well as unmanned aerial reconaissance/attack underwater vessels and aircraft for <a href="http://everything2.com/title/self-defense">self-defense</a>.  All this manned by only 88 sailors and officers, with room for up to 142 <a href="http://everything2.com/title/special+operations">special operations</a> soldiers.  The ship is powered by six <a href="http://everything2.com/title/gas+turbine">gas turbine</a>s, each distributed throughout the vessel with flexible power routing, allowing the ship to remain powered after sustaining combat damage.  The ship has a <a href="http://everything2.com/title/satellite">satellite</a> linked network, allowing it to direct and control the operations of its entire <a href="http://everything2.com/title/battle+group">battle group</a>.  It's <a href="http://everything2.com/title/hull">hull</a> also has an inner liner, providing underwater explosion protection against torpedoes and <a href="http://everything2.com/title/mines">mines</a>.  Another innovative concept introduced in the Leviathan is side thrusters, known as <a href="http://everything2.com/title/azipods">azipods</a>, on the outriggers.  With the outboard thrusted pods aimed in opposite directions, the ship could rotate in place.  Such manueverability is unavailable in current ships, and is especially useful in anti-<a href="http://everything2.com/title/submarine">submarine</a> warfare.  It would also allow the ship to dock in less developed ports, and without the aid of local tugs"</blockquote>

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