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Amphibious assault ship

A flight deck, a well deck and seventeen hundred troops, carried by a ship that runs itself.

Phase 7 · 2033+Concept design
Displacement
≈ 45,000 t
Power
96 MWe integrated electric
Fuel burn
≈ 3.4 t / hr at 12 kn
Ship’s crew
0 · 1,700 troops embarked
I · Blueprint
Side elevation, live systems
DWL257 m length overall8.1 m52 mAA010203040507080910171611121314151806192021Positions are to design scale. Beam 32 m at the waterline, flight deck 36 m wide. The second gas-turbine generator, diesel sets and shaft line sit behind those drawn.SECTION A–A · AT THE WELL DECK, LOOKING FORWARDPLAN · FLIGHT DECK · DASHED: WELL DECK AND WATERLINEDWLballastballastmotorsbeam 32 mflight deck 36 m8.1 m05100603257 m36 m100905219 deck spots · 2 deck-edge elevators · well deck for 2 air-cushion craft
01Propellers × 2, 5 blades, 6.1 mPropulsion
02Rudders & steering gearPropulsion
03Propulsion motors, 2 × 26 MWPropulsion
04Shaft lines & thrust bearingsPropulsion
05Well deck & stern gate — 2 air-cushion landing craftMission decks
06Ballast tanks — trim down by the sternStructure
07Vehicle decks & rampMission decks
08HangarMission decks
09Aircraft elevators × 2Mission decks
10Flight deck — 9 spotsMission decks
11Gas-turbine generator room — 2 × 36 MWPower
12Diesel generator rooms — 4 × 6 MWPower
13Battery room — 10 MWhPower
14Switchboards — 13.8 kV busPower
15Fuel tanks, double bottom — 3,100 tPower
16Aviation fuel tanks — 1,300 tMission decks
17Troop decks & hospital — 1,700 embarkedMission decks
18Uptakes & funnelsPower
19Autonomy coreStructure
20Steel hull, 14 watertight bulkheadsStructure
21Island & sensor mastStructure
II · Power & drivetrain

Two turbines, four diesels, one bus.

The destroyer’s gas-turbine generator gives the sprint; four diesel sets carry the long transits and the hotel load for 1,700 people. Everything feeds one 13.8 kV bus, so the motors, the flight deck and the well deck draw from the same power.

Integrated electric plant — rotating view
Two 36 MW gas-turbine generators at left and two of the four 6 MW diesel sets in front of them feed the 13.8 kV switchboard. A 10 MWh battery sits between the diesel rooms. Two 26 MW motors turn the shafts through thrust bearings to two five-blade propellers.
01Gas-turbine generators — 2 × 36 MW, 3,600 rpm, recuperated
02Diesel generator sets — 4 × 6 MW, 600 rpm (2 shown)
03Switchboard — 13.8 kV AC, 96 MWe, two halves
04Battery — 10 MWh, 20 MW
05Propulsion motors — 2 × 26 MW, 150 rpm
06Thrust bearings & shafts
07Propellers — 2 × 5 blades, 6.1 m
08Cruise — 12 kn on diesels, 22 kn on the turbines
Propeller — 5 blades, 6.1 m
Power plant · IC design2 × 36 MW gas-turbine + 4 × 6 MW diesel generators
Shaft output2 × 26 MW at 150 rpm, 1.655 MN·m each
FuelSynthetic marine diesel
Consumption≈ 3.4 t / hr at 12 kn
Metal content≈ 90% of lightship
Naked drivetrain — energy to motion
III · How it is put together

Built in blocks, joined, then brought to life.

Hull blocks are fabricated in parallel and joined in sequence. Generator modules, motors and the battery go in as tested units; the stern gate, flight deck and island go on last. The loop below replays the build order.

GENERATORS, TESTEDMOTORSBATTERYSTERN GATEFLIGHT DECKISLAND & AUTONOMY CORESEA TRIALS, NO ONE ABOARD
I
Steel hull blocks
II
Blocks joined, cable and pipe routed
III
Generators, motors and battery installed
IV
Stern gate, flight deck and island fitted
V
Sea trials, no one aboard
IV · Specification

Design specification.

Design values for the amphibious assault ship. Every figure matches the drawings, the power unit and the compute panel on this page.

Length overall
257 m
Beam
32 m · flight deck 36 m
Draft
8.1 m
Displacement
≈ 45,000 t
Embarked force
≈ 1,700 troops
Air group
9 deck spots · 20 in the hangar
Well deck
2 air-cushion landing craft
Consumption
≈ 3.4 t / hr at 12 kn
Power plant
2 × 36 MW gas-turbine + 4 × 6 MW diesel generators
Electric bus
96 MWe · 13.8 kV
Energy storage
Battery, 10 MWh, 20 MW
Propulsion
2 × 26 MW motors, 2 shafts
Speed
22 kn top · 12 kn on diesels
Range
10,000 nm at 12 kn · ≈ 3,100 t fuel
Metal content
≈ 90% of lightship
Ship’s crew
0
Onboard compute
Ten AI modules in two racks; the landing plan stays with people
Modules10 heavy AI modules in 2 mirrored racks (navigation 2; perception 2; flight-deck operations 2; well deck, vehicles & cargo 2; engineering & power 2) + 4 certified safety controllers; combat systems are separate
CPU160 cores (10 × 16) + 4 lockstep real-time cores per module
AI throughput50,000 TOPS (10 × 5,000, INT8 / FP4 sparse)
Memory10 × 128 GB LPDDR6, 600 GB/s per module
Power draw1.05 kW compute; ≈ 2.4 kW with 90 cameras, 8 lidars and 3 navigation radars — 0.003% of the 96 MWe plant
Process node2 nm-class SoCs; safety controllers on a mature 16 nm node, 15-year supply; compute is a line-replaceable unit, swapped at mid-life
RedundancyTwo racks in separate compartments. Every sensor is wired to both racks. Each module is primary for its zone and hot standby for its twin in the other rack. A software fault can never drive the ship outside its certified safe envelope.
Safety channel4 × SIL 3 controllers with their own sensors: shaft encoders, rudder-angle sensors, turbine and diesel overspeed trips, stern-gate and ballast-level switches, fire and flood detectors, deck-edge safety lidars and a safety-rated collision radar
Sensors90 cameras (60 visible 4K, 30 thermal) over the flight deck, well deck, vehicle decks and hull on automotive Ethernet through camera aggregation switches; 8 lidars, 3 navigation radars, AIS, 6,000 plant sensors
DrivesMotor drives close their own current loop at 1 kHz; the modules send speed and rudder set-points at 10 Hz
LinkProtected satellite and line-of-sight links to the fleet; a local mesh to the landing craft and aircraft; the plan is aboard, so a lost link changes nothing
The ship sails, flies its deck and runs its well deck by itself. The embarked commander owns the landing plan and every weapon; the ship answers to that commander, and the troops ride as passengers with their own medical team.
Today vs IC
Amphibious assault ships today beside the IC design
Today · big-deck amphibious shipIC design
Prime movers2 gas turbines, ≈ 70,000 shp (≈ 52 MW) through reduction gears, plus 2 auxiliary motors of ≈ 5,000 hp fed by ship-service diesel generators2 × 36 MW gas-turbine + 4 × 6 MW diesel generators on one 13.8 kV bus; 10 MWh battery
DriveHybrid: gears at speed, auxiliary motors at low speedIntegrated electric: 2 × 26 MW motors on 2 shafts at every speed
Size and speed≈ 44,000–45,700 t, 257 m; 20+ kn≈ 45,000 t, 257 m; 22 kn
People aboard≈ 1,050–1,100 ship’s crew plus ≈ 1,600–1,700 troopsNo ship’s crew; ≈ 1,700 troops embarked
Well deckNone on the first two ships; 2 air-cushion landing craft from the third2 autonomous air-cushion landing craft
AviationCrewed air wing; about 20 short-takeoff jets in one configurationAutonomous air group: 9 deck spots, 20 aircraft in the hangar
The IC column is the design shown on this page. Sources for the Today column are listed in BUILD_NOTES.md.
Runs on The Brain
The Brain plans the landing with this ship in it: aircraft sorties, landing-craft runs and the vehicle load order, mirrored in the fleet’s digital twin and re-planned the moment the beach or the weather changes.
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