S:AAB USS Saratoga specs

Hello,

Does anyone else on this list read Sci-Fi and Fantasy Modelling? Their
usual subjects are a bit bigger than the ones used for SGII/DSII/FTII -
however - a few months ago, as part of a series on the FX of Space:
Above & Beyond - they posted blueprints and 'specs' of the USS Saratoga:

A quick summary follows (if you want more detail - see SF&F Modelling
#43 - or e-mail me)

Gross Mass: Light 646,269 tons, Fully loaded 890,755 tons
Length: 525.6m
Beam: 245.1m
height: 185.4m
hull depth: 77.4m
superstructure height: 67.7m
Lidar tower depth: 40.2m

Armanent:
Kinetic Particle Weapon
1.2 GW Laser pulse cannon
2x 450 MW laser pulse cannon
6x 300 MW laser pulse cannon
4x 50 MW laser pulse cannon
30 Phalanx II missile launchers
72 torpedo launchers

Propulsion
Helium 3 fusion engine
2 chemical rocket engines

Performance
Max sublight .96c (????)
Max accelleration 3.8g
Endurance at max vel. 7.0 years
Sublight range 5.7 light years

Power: 2 MF-3600 fusion reactors

Crew: 1,176 officers, 4,800 enlisted

Air wing:
192x SA-43 hammerhead attack jets
16x AT-72 Stingray reconnassance planes
8x B-290 Barracuda fighter/bombers
4x SWAC spaceborne warning & control vehicles
12x ISSAPC armoured personnel carriers (aka ISSCV/ISSTV)
24x SSRT suborbital short range transports

Thats quite a lot of fighters!

Charles
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