USS Alaska Class Readme
The Alaska class was a class of six large cruisers ordered before World War II for the United States Navy. They were officially classed as large cruisers (CB), but others have regarded them as battlecruisers. They were all named after territories or insular areas of the United States, signifying their intermediate status between larger battleships and smaller heavy/light cruisers. Of the six planned, two were completed, the third's construction was suspended on 16 April 1947, and the last three were canceled. Alaska and Guam served with the U.S. Navy for the last year of World War II as bombardment ships and fast carrier escorts. They were decommissioned in 1947 after spending only 32 and 29 months in service, respectively.

Characteristics
Displacement: 		29,771 tons (standard), 34,253 tons (full load)
Length: 		808 ft 6 in (246.43 m) overall, 791 ft 6 in (241.25 m) waterline
Beam: 			91 ft 9.375 in (28.0 m)
Draft: 			27 ft 1 in (8.26 m) (mean), 31 ft 9.25 in (9.68 m) (maximum)
Propulsion: 		4-shaft General Electric steam turbines, double-reduction gearing, 8 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 150,000 shp (112 MW)
Speed: 			31.4 knots (58.2 km/h; 36.1 mph) to 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range: 			12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km; 13,670 miles) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement: 		1,517	
Armament: 	
9  12"/50 caliber Mark 8 guns (304.8 mm) (3  3)
12  5-inch (127 mm)/38 caliber dual-purpose guns (6  2)
56  40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors (14  4)
34  20mm Oerlikon (34  1)

Armor: 	
Main side belt: 9" gradually thinning to 5"
Armor deck: 3.84.0"
Weather (main) deck: 1.40"
Splinter (third) deck: 0.625"
Barbettes: 1113"
Turrets: 12.8" face, 5" roof, 5.256" side and 5.25" rear.
Conning tower:10.6" with 5" roof

Aircraft carried: 	4  OS2U Kingfisher or SC Seahawk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska-class_cruiser


INSTALLATION:

Simply unzip CFS2_USS_Alaska_Class_LOD_V1.0 to your CFS2/SHIPS directory.
Please ensure that the folder structure is checked.
After unzipping you should find the Alaska_Class_LOD folder the with necessary files under the SHIPS directory.

Paste the following to the callsign.dat file in your INFO folder.
Alaska CB-48,3,5,17
Guam CB-48,3,5,17

ACKNOwLEDGEMENTS:
Thanks to bloodhawk23, allen, uncletgt, hairyspin and tgibson for their help.
The PHP team for their original work.
The textures cold not have been completed without the inspirational work of Colin Glendinning, who passed away in 2014.
Thanks also to Martin Wright for his programs and Yusaku Homma for the DPed program.
Thanks to GMax for their freeware program, without which, I would not have started 3D design.
If I have missed anyone, I am sorry, please contact me and I will add you to the file.
Thanks also to the SOH community who have encouraged me in one of my hobbies

This is a Freeware release.
Please feel free to use the ships in your campaigns or missions.
This cannot be used commercially or uploaded to ANY website without consent from stuart277.
The author is not responsible for any problems resulting from the use of this product.





