UEO seaQuest DSV 4600 II
UEO seaQuest DSV 4600 II at New Cape Quest, FL, 2021 seaQuest on station in the Atlantic, 2021
Ship Name:
seaQuest DSV 4600 II
Class:
seaQuest-class Deep Submergence Vehicle
Estimated Cost:
$12.5 Billion
Keel laid:
June 25, 2019 Fort Gore, New Cape Quest, FL
Launched:
May 23, 2021
Commissioned:
September 17, 2021
Re-commissioned:
September 19, 2032
Submerged Displacement:
37,500 tons
Dimensions:
Length: 307.1 m
Beam: 48.0 m
Draft: 24.8 m
Hull Composition:
Pliant semi-biological self-sealing skin over composite frame
Weapons systems:
Two forward lasers
9 torpedo tubes, armed with Mk 87 variable charge plasma torpedoes
16 Triton II long-range tactical nuclear missiles, capacity 100 megatons.
Defensive systems:
Mark IX Intercept Torpedoes
Incom Countermeasure packages
Utilitarian Systems:
Magnetic Grapnel Torpedoes
Propulsion:
Two Weyland/Yutani Fusion Reactors
Aqua-Return Breather/Turbine Propulsion
Computer System:
IBM XI Neural Network
Speed:
160 knots
Crush Depth:
25,000 ft
Sensors:
Internal: Hypersonar
Effective Range: 30 miles
External: 3 deployed WSKRS (Wireless Sea Knowledge Retrieval Satellites - 8 total)
(1) Mother
(2) Junior (typically bow, but not a fixed position)
(3) Loner (typically stern, but not a fixed position)
Effective range: 300 miles
HR (Hyper-Reality) probe
Support Craft:
4 seaLaunch Transport Minisubs
4 seaSpeeder transport/pursuit/attack minisubs
2 Specter SFA-2 Class Attack Minisubs
Crew Complement:
232 (20 officers, 212 enlisted)
Command history:
Captain Nathan Bridger (2021-2032)
Captain Oliver Hudson (2032-38)
Captain Jonathan Ford (2038-present)
Design images:
seaQuest DSV 4600 original bridge design, from RAdm. Bridger�s notes, 2008
Model of the seaQuest built for the NORPAC design presentation, 2008
