The Union Fleet in Color

[The Rock Doctor]

Excellent.   If anybody else has a specific request, explain what you envision and maybe I'll give it a crack.

[The Rock Doctor]

Ship bits.

Some of the gun mountings probably need their sizes tweaked.

[The Rock Doctor]

Just comparing with some diagrams on Navweaps and my big mountings are fine, but it looks like I've under-estimated the size of the smaller mountings. 

Also kind of surprised at how low the battleship gun turrets are.  Nine or ten feet high, floor to roof.  Guess it helps that the mountings don't elevate up to AA angles.

[The Rock Doctor]

I sketched out a plan view of Labedz to validate her ability to operate training aircraft.  The sketch includes the profile of a PT-17 Steadman equivalent, which should do the trick for basic qualification.  Qualifying in frontline aircraft will likely happen aboard one of the big carriers; not a great use of its time, but not a full-time use, either.

I assume the flight deck overhang is about 6-7 feet beyond the maximum beam of the ship; this appears to be consistent with Hosho's overhang and much, much less than Wolverine or Sable.  This provides a mean width of 60', on par with HMS Audacity.

One thing that is apparent now, and which I had not considered earlier, is the implication that the gun sponsons are really far off the centerline.  Good thing they're not heavy guns, then.  Given that Labedz is destined to be a training platform from here on out, I might just yank the sponsons off in a refit, leaving her with the sternchaser and the two AA guns book-ending the island.  If she never leaves the Baltic again, this should be fine.

The ship is probably not embarking any full-time airgroup in this configuration; the elevator can move a trainer, and the hanger can probably fit three, maybe four aircraft of those dimensions, if weather is crappy or something breaks and it needs to be moved out of the way for repairs.

[The Rock Doctor]

A typical Vilnius Union Navy patrol group, as might be observed in just about any of the Union's overseas ports:

• A korweta provides short-ranged oceanic patrol capabilities or works with its subsidiary vessels to prosecute hostile submarine contacts, escort coastal convoys, or box in smugglers.  Its commanding officer also leads the group
• Three submarine chasers and/or coastal escorts operate along the coastlines around the port and into the littorial zones, undertaking ASW patrols, search and rescue, and protecting coastal traffic as required.
• Three to six harbour patrol boats undertake port security, customs inspections, and other functions in and around the port itself

For many Union officers, this modest cluster of vessels - collectively displacing less than one modern torpedo-boat - is their first experience in commanding a group of warships.