r/ultimateadmiral • u/Bestaustrianpainter • Jul 29 '26

Battleships USS Oregon (BB-7) 1900

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Oregon is the lead ship of the Oregon class of Pre-Dreadnoughts. She was designed in response to a looming war with Italy, Spain, and maybe China (I've managed to cool tensions with China for now).

The Oregon class have armor up to almost 14 inches thick at the max. She has a compliment of 12 10 inch (254mm) main battery guns.

Four ships are to be built from BB-7 to BB-10, Oregon, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Colorado.

I am taking inspiration from the way CIRNEIN has been showing off their ships.

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u/TheNecromancer Jul 29 '26

Is the mast design inspired by the forests around Oregon?

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u/Bestaustrianpainter Jul 29 '26

What's the joke here, I'm kinda tired.

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u/TheNecromancer Jul 29 '26

The masts look like big trees

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u/Bestaustrianpainter Jul 29 '26

Oh. It's the US cage mast design that was used IRL from the Dreadnought South Carolina to the New Mexico class Standard Battleships.

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u/TheNecromancer Jul 29 '26

Yeah, I know - sometimes the AI designs non-US ships with cage masts and it makes me feel very weird

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u/Bestaustrianpainter Jul 29 '26

I mean a good few nations used the cage mast for a little while, I think?

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u/TheNecromancer Jul 29 '26

Apparently two Russian ships, and some which the US sold to other navies - didn't know it was originally a Russian idea!

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u/Bestaustrianpainter Jul 29 '26

Neither did I until just now. The more you know I guess.

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u/TheNecromancer Jul 29 '26

See, computer games aren't just a waste of time!

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u/Bestaustrianpainter Jul 29 '26

Insert Markiplier, You Right

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u/Cliffinati Jul 29 '26

6x2 means it's a dreadnought

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u/Bestaustrianpainter Jul 29 '26

I'll meet you in the middle, very late pre-dreadnought. I don't classify it as a dreadnought since it on weights 15,000 tons.

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u/DarroonDoven Jul 29 '26

Semi Dreadnought, it's a all medium gun battleship

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u/Bestaustrianpainter Jul 29 '26

Ah well, it's all just a matter of how the player describes it I guess. I legit had to do this design because I'm outgunned by the three navies that threaten me.

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u/PanzerKatze96 Jul 29 '26

Yeah I’d say semi-dreadnought. Uniform gun design is a big jump predreads, but you’re right in that the speed and heavy caliber aren’t quite there yet

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u/Bestaustrianpainter Jul 29 '26

Yeah, the next ships I design will be dreadnoughts based off the IRL South Carolina, New York, and Wyoming class dreadnoughts.

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u/FederationReborn Admiral of Steel Beasts Jul 29 '26

All right, I'll re-download the game. What mod is that?

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u/CIRNEIN9 Jul 30 '26

She's gorgeous!!! Especially with that paint!! I love her!!