Us Navy USS Enterprise (CV-6) Yorktown-class aircraft carrier

[Silver_Dragon]

As ED has confirmed the Uss Enterprise carrier. Put the data about the Yorktown-class aircraft carrier.

 

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This coming year will see the continued development and release of many exciting aircraft and maps from Eagle Dynamics. Highlights include the announcement of the MiG-29A Fulcrum, Afghanistan and Iraq maps, and continued work on the CH-47F, Hellcat/USS Enterprise, and the Marianas World War II map. Please see our 2024 module development roadmap below.

 

Yorktown CV
Displacement: 20000 std In Class: 3
Size Class: A/Large In Svc: 1936
Propulsion: Steam Turbine Crew: 2217
Signature: Large/Loud Armor Rating: 8/3/135

Weapons: Gunnery Standard: III
PW/SW/2P/2S/PA/SA(1)8 Mk24 5in/38 C
3 Elevators, 2 Flight deck catapults, 1 Hangar catapult --
Area AA: (1)8 Mk24 5in/38 (2.2)
Light AA: (4)4 1.1 In, 24 .50 cal. (3.0)

Air Group:
Rated for 90 aircraft - typical load 18 fighters, 36 bombers, 18 torpedo bombers.

Remarks:
Yorktown, Enterprise, Hornet. Engine room arrangement made class vulnerable to serious hits. Double the speed reduction caused by engineering critical hits.

• Jul 40: Yorktown fitted with CXAM.
• Late 41: Enterprise received CXAM-1.
• Jan 42: Hornet fitted with 2 Mk4 radars for 5 inch guns, SC radars after shakedown.
• Jun 42: Hangar deck catapults removed from Enterprise & Hornet, Yorktown lost with hers in place. Fitted with 20mm vice .50 cal. Yorktown and Hornet had 24, Lt AA 7.3, Enterprise had 38, Lt AA 10.8, Hornet had 32, Lt AA 9.3. Yorktown sunk fitted with 4 quad 1.1 in. Two survivors then received fifth 1.1 in. (Enterprise Lt AA 11.1, Hornet Lt AA 9.6.
• Mid-42: Hornet fitted w/CXAM radar.
• Sep 42: Enterprise fitted with 2 Mk4 for 5 in AA battery.
• 26-27 Oct 42: Hornet damaged, later sunk during Solomons campaign.
• Nov 42: Enterprise fitted with SC-2, SG, SC-1 radars, and 2 Mk4 for 5 in guns. Quad 1.1 in replaced with 4 quad 40mm, added 20mm for a total of 46, Lt AA 15.5.
• Jul-Oct 43: Enterprise refitted at Puget Sound. Fitted with blisters, Mk 33 gun directors replaced with Mk 37, Lt AA increased to (4)6 40mm, (2)8 40mm, 48 20mm, Lt AA 22.0), CXAM replaced with SK, SM radars. SM radar allows fighter direction, not a search sensor. Displacement increased to 24128 tons.
• Sep 45: Enterprise received Mk12/22 radar while battle damage from May 45 kamikaze being repaired. Carried (4)11 40mm, (2)5 40mm, (2)16 20mm, Lt AA 21.4.
• Feb 47: Enterprise decomised.

Damage & Speed Breakdown:
Dam Pts: 0 157 314 471 565 628
DP (Ent '43): 0 142 284 426 511 568
Surf Speed: 32 24 16 8 0 Sinks

 

Edited January 6 by Silver_Dragon

[Oban]

Really looking forwards to more WWII stuff

[Grimleo]

I wonder if we get deck crew. With the late war aircraft planned, Enterprise is a strange chose. Big E survived but was eclipsed by the Essex class late war.

 

[Art-J]

7 hours ago, Grimleo said:

I wonder if we get deck crew. With the late war aircraft planned, Enterprise is a strange chose. Big E survived but was eclipsed by the Essex class late war.

 

Keep in mind Mag3 guys are doing Essex class for their Corsair. So we'll get both eventually. And with Hellcat being a -3 variant, Enterprise is not a bad choice for faux-1943 scenarios, albeit without relevant maps for now.

[Northstar98]

As I've said elsewhere I really hope we'll be getting at least one allied escort type to go with them. A counterpart to the Mogamis (such as a Brooklyn, which would also fit fairly well on the South Atlantic map), would also be great.

[danythunder14]

It would take at least one class of destroyers and one American light cruiser to be able to compose a credible task force with the Enterprise.

[Silver_Dragon]

1 minute ago, danythunder14 said:

It would take at least one class of destroyers and one American light cruiser to be able to compose a credible task force with the Enterprise.

That has imperative, actualy ED show on 2024 and Beyond a IJN Mogami ship, that will require build all necesary UsNavy / IJA BB, CA, CL and DD to make propper TFs to simulate propper naval battles, and by the forum answers, mid 1944 ships.

[WinterH]

So we've seen both Essex class from Mag3, and a Yorktown (USS Enterprise) from ED. Wonder if Enterprise will be "supercarrier features, but ww2" or not. Not that it matters for me personally, neither have, nor interested in supercarrier myself, but be interesting to know for people who are. In any case though, the more the merrier.

I would really hope there is a destroyer pairing for USN and IJN though. I really believe a Fletcher class DD is pretty much a no-brainer to include. Fits both Pacific and Atlantic fronts, and was also used by many nations for a good bit of Cold War, I believe some were still in USN service during Korea too.

Besides, while Mogami is a beautiful and powerful ship that I'd be happy to see in sim, I feel like destroyers would be more fitting targets for our fighter-bomber modules overall.

[streakeagle]

12 hours ago, Grimleo said:

I wonder if we get deck crew. With the late war aircraft planned, Enterprise is a strange chose. Big E survived but was eclipsed by the Essex class late war.

 

If I could only have one WW2 aircraft carrier, it would be Enterprise. So, for me, it is not a strange choice. Presumably, the F4U-1D with an Essex class will someday be available. With an Essex already in the works, what carrier should ED have done if not the Enterprise?

[Silver_Dragon]

15 minutes ago, streakeagle said:

If I could only have one WW2 aircraft carrier, it would be Enterprise. So, for me, it is not a strange choice. Presumably, the F4U-1D with an Essex class will someday be available. With an Essex already in the works, what carrier should ED have done if not the Enterprise?

Meanwhile the Essex CV long hull comming by M3 PTO assets pack by M3 and the F4U Corsair, The Enterprise CV comming by the ED PTO assets pack and the F6F Hellcat. on fact the Enterprise will capable to operate early PTO aircrafts if ED move to make a Doolittle Raid / Midway / South Pacific map.

[Gunfreak]

Of course PTO should have the most decorated American navy ship of the war. Big E here we come.

And she would make a perfect home for earlier carrier things (even if its later retrofit Big E)

[twistking]

11 hours ago, Silver_Dragon said:

Meanwhile the Essex CV long hull comming by M3 PTO assets pack by M3 and the F4U Corsair, The Enterprise CV comming by the ED PTO assets pack and the F6F Hellcat. on fact the Enterprise will capable to operate early PTO aircrafts if ED move to make a Doolittle Raid / Midway / South Pacific map.

Do you have any info on the relative size of the assets packs? I'd assume that M3's asset pack will be rather limited in size but free (to be shipped along their corsair), while ED's effort seems to be bigger with the heavy cruisers, enterprise and zeros already shown... With the marianas map being free, it would only make sense for ED to also bring their assets for free...
Maybe we'll also see a shift in asset pack policy - as was rumored with the recent AI aircraft "controversy"...

Edited January 7 by twistking

[Gunfreak]

7 hours ago, twistking said:

Do you have any info on the relative size of the assets packs? I'd assume that M3's asset pack will be rather limited in size but free (to be shipped along their corsair), while ED's effort seems to be bigger with the heavy cruisers, enterprise and zeros already shown... With the marianas map being free, it would only make sense for ED to also bring their assets for free...
Maybe we'll also see a shift in asset pack policy - as was rumored with the recent AI aircraft "controversy"...

 

We don't know which assets shown are ED and which are Mag3.

The Japanese armor is mag3, the zero is mag3, some said the cruisers also are mag3. Only one we're sure of is ED is the enterprise.

[352ndDeacon]

I've been reading about what a number of guys wish for in the PTO.  Many don't realize that they are there already in the form of mods.  The pictures attached show the USS Essex with a Corsair, Helldiver, Hellcat and P47 on its deck.  The ship is escorted by the cruiser Brooklyn, the DD Fletcher.

Also pictured are the IJN carriers Hiryu and Kaga escorted by the IJN Uranami and IJN Isuzu.  On the deck of the carriers are a Zero, Frank and Jill.  The Zero can be seen just lifting off.

Many of these can be gotten from Hawkeye's Warbird thread.

 

[upyr1]

Cool, the Enterprise 

4 minutes ago, 352ndDeacon said:

I've been reading about what a number of guys wish for in the PTO.  Many don't realize that they are there already in the form of mods.  The pictures attached show the USS Essex with a Corsair, Helldiver, Hellcat and P47 on its deck.  The ship is escorted by the cruiser Brooklyn, the DD Fletcher.

Also pictured are the IJN carriers Hiryu and Kaga escorted by the IJN Uranami and IJN Isuzu.  On the deck of the carriers are a Zero, Frank and Jill.  The Zero can be seen just lifting off.

Many of these can be gotten from Hawkeye's Warbird thread.

 

He did some great work, but I'll be happen to see the official assets 

[danythunder14]

USS Enterprise in 1944 with the same camouflage as in the DCS 2024 video

[danythunder14]

I just think it’s illustration and beautiful

Edited January 19 by danythunder14

[Northstar98]

Development screenshots of this one look pretty good so far.

One problem though - where are all its guns?

We've already had vessels added to DCS with the wrong weapons (La Combattante IIa, Castle) and having some weapons missing (Tarawa), I hope we're not about to get a ship that's supposed to be armed without any armament.

Edited April 12 by Northstar98

[Gunfreak]

23 minutes ago, Northstar98 said:

Development screenshots of this one look pretty good so far.

One problem though - where are all its guns?

We've already had vessels added to DCS with the wrong weapons (La Combatante IIa, Castle) and having some weapons missing (Tarawa), I hope we're not about to get a ship that's supposed to be armed without any armament.

 

They probably removed the guns to give the attackers a chance at taking them out. As with the correct armerments no enemy would get even close to the ship.

Edited April 12 by Gunfreak

[Northstar98]

13 minutes ago, Gunfreak said:

They probably removed the guns to give the attackers a chance at taking them out. As with the correct armerments no enemy would get even close to the ship.

I do hope you are kidding.

DCS should be about depicting this stuff as accurately as possible. Units like this shouldn't be artificially nerfed or buffed to try and level the playing field.

 

[Gunfreak]

3 minutes ago, Northstar98 said:

I do hope you are kidding.

DCS should be about depicting this stuff as accurately as possible. Units like this shouldn't be artificially nerfed or buffed to try and level the playing field.

 

In DCS 1 20mm AAA has the effectiveness of 20+ real ones. 

You add the correct number of guns of late war Enterprise in DCS. And she could have blown up Hiroshima just with AAA.

[Andy1966]

It is a work in progress. the weapons probably haven't been placed yet.

[Northstar98]

1 hour ago, Gunfreak said:

In DCS 1 20mm AAA has the effectiveness of 20+ real ones. 

That's an argument to correct AI gunners, not to completely remove armament.

1 hour ago, Andy1966 said:

It is a work in progress. the weapons probably haven't been placed yet.

I hope you are right. Though seeing a ship that, at least from the screenshots, appears quite far along in development with all armament missing (as well as the Mk 37 directors) is unprecedented. Compare that to the Mogamis seen in the 2024 and Beyond trailer, though I guess there the absence of armament would be much more difficult to ignore.

[Gunfreak]

4 minutes ago, Northstar98 said:

That's an argument to correct AI gunners, not to completely remove armament.

 

Agreed. But that hasn't happened in 10 years. And we have no idea if it will happen in the next 10 either.

But joking aside. It's probably just not finished.

[Bowie]

Hmmm....

 

 

Bowie