It didn't have the audacity and fury of the British, and the Japanese Akagi and Kaga who were as brainy as they were, turning the deck into a three-story dangerous building, and instead of making the chimney into a strange shape, it was pointing straight up.

There are times when there are detours, but it can't be considered a complete detour.

For example, the enclosed hangar used by Lexington was not the best choice during World War II, and after Lexington, from the Raider to Midway, it was an open hangar.

But after the war, open hangars were quickly phased out, starting with the Forrestal class, and almost all large aircraft carriers in modern times were closed hangars.

Of course, there are many real detours.

First of all, I didn't understand the real use of aircraft carriers at first, and I thought that aircraft carriers were members of the cruiser fleet, requiring self-defense capabilities and even melee combat capabilities, so they were equipped with eight heavy cruisers.

Secondly, as an aircraft carrier converted from an early battle cruiser, the hull of the Lexington-class is a linear type of a traditional battle cruiser, and the bottom shape is still a relatively standard spindle shape.

Not only the pointed head and tail, but also the overall outline of the underwater hull is a very smooth curve.

It is not a three-stage structure like the late Iowa and Midway, with a pointed front head, a large flat straight line in the middle, and a rounded end at the back.

Such a hull line limits the use of internal space, especially affecting the size of the hangar.

The hangar area of the Lexington class is relatively small in terms of tonnage, excluding the elevators, it is only 2,200 square meters, far lower than the 3,900 square meters of the Essex class.

Finally, the Lexington class is electric, which once served as an offshore power station that supplied electricity to 100,000 residents in Tacoma, Washington, for a month.

At that time, most warships were boiler steam-driven steam turbines, and after the steam turbines were slowed down, they connected and drove the propellers through the main shaft, and the propellers pushed the hull forward.

However, the Lexington-class and a large number of American standard battleships of the same period used steam turbines connected to generators to generate electricity, and then used electric motors to drive the propellers.

The Lexington-class host has an installed capacity of 140,000 kilowatts, which is equivalent to a small thermal power station, and it is enough for the daily life of a town of 100,000 people.

Of course, the Liaoning, which has now been converted to an all-electric Mufeng, has the same capacity, and the installed capacity is 280,000 kilowatts, which is exactly twice the size of the Lexington class.

The Lexington-class electric drive system 90 years ago is of course completely different from the modern integrated power system that Mufeng modified for Liaoning and Changchun.

The modern integrated power system is developed in order to make more efficient use of electricity because there are more and more devices that use electricity on modern warships, and the fluctuations are very large.

The power supply of all electrical equipment in the entire hull will be integrated and deployed to improve efficiency.

At that time, electric was simply using electricity to drive the propeller, and it was a last resort.

Because with the industrial base of the United States at that time, it was not possible to produce such a large power transmission shaft.

When the technology matured, it was immediately abandoned, and the subsequent battleships and aircraft carriers were all directly pushed by engines.

These problems of Lexington machine are already clear to Mu Feng, and for these ideas of transformation, many people have already thought about them in the last life.

Now it's time to see the actual hull compartment structure and confirm the official renovation plan.

First of all, a small-scale scientific research program was built to adjust the external line shape of the ship's hull, and at the same time expand the internal space, it can adapt to the maximum speed after the transformation.

Consume the accumulated scientific research points to directly complete the scientific research plan.

The front and middle parts of the hull have been lightly adjusted, and they look similar to those of Iowa and Midway.

Because Mufeng does not pay attention to energy consumption at low speeds and does not need a round stern, the stern is directly widened and changed to a modern square stern that adapts to high speeds.

Then the powertrain is modified.

Mu Feng replaced the boilers and turbines of Lexington with the modern boilers and turbines commonly used by the headquarters, with a total power of 200,000 horsepower, and verified by 051B, C, Liaoning, and 002.

The drive method also needs to be adjusted, Lexington is originally electric, if it is changed to the traditional spindle direct push, it needs to penetrate four huge traditional axles in the middle and lower part of the hull.

But with the development of the headquarters, the integrated power system will definitely gradually become popular among ordinary ship girls.

Now the shaft has been added, and it will be dismantled in the future.

Mu Feng hesitated for a moment, and decided not to add it at all, and went directly to the integrated power system.

Next, start adjusting the cabin.

The member compartments were compressed to the limit, the hangar was extended and widened as far forward and backward as possible, and the cabins that had to be kept on the hangar level were transferred to the other levels as much as possible.

After the adjustment, the hangar area has been increased from 2,200 square meters to 4,000 square meters, and if it continues to carry World War II propeller aircraft, the normal carrying capacity can reach 100.

But since Mu Feng has transformed her as the main force, she still has to consider that she may have to meet with Saratoga and other members of the USN envoy tomorrow, so she can't continue to use the propeller.

At least replace it with a silver fox, and then upgrade the sable and snow leopard later.

Finally, there are the adjustments of the deck and superstructure.

The deck has been comprehensively strengthened and widened to form a modern floating structure.

The beveled deck was retrofitted to a full-size standard and was completed in one step, drifting outward from the right rear of the stern to the left front to a third of the hull.

This makes it easier to take off and land heavier aircraft, and lighter aircraft to take off and land.

Finally, two were installed on the foredeck and one catapult on the beveled deck.

All eight 203-mm heavy cruisers were dismantled, and the chimney and bridge were moved outward at the same time.

After the boiler was replaced, the chimney was greatly reduced, and it was integrated into the bridge like a modern aircraft carrier.

The built-in lifts on deck were dismantled, and three sets of sideboard lifts were installed.

The air defense weapon system, radar, fire control, and ship electrical systems have been comprehensively upgraded, and a modern all-weather landing guidance system has been installed to obtain all-weather combat capability.

These are all common to the commander's transformation of aircraft carriers, and Mu Feng's operation is already very proficient.

After these adjustments, Mu Feng loaded the required plane.

The main fighter and attack aircraft are still two types of Silver Fox.

The size of the Silver Fox was originally not large, but the renovated Lexington's hangar area has almost doubled, and the deck has been greatly expanded again, and the normal carrying capacity is 64 aircraft, and the extreme carrying can be more.

The small AWACS Air Police 5, a small AWACS aircraft modified from the Giant Panda airframe, can also carry 6 more.

Air Police 5 uses a turboprop 10 engine, with a cruising speed of 650 kilometers per hour, a maximum speed of nearly 800 kilometers, and a maximum range of 6,000 kilometers, which is very suitable for reconnaissance, patrol, and anti-submarine.

Finally, with the addition of 10 ordinary helicopters of various routes, a total of about 80 aircraft, a relatively modern medium-sized aircraft carrier has basically taken shape.

All the details of the transformation were finalized, and Mu Feng took a look at the preview of the transformation.

The aircraft carrier Lexington has a flight deck length of 285 meters, a standard displacement of 45,000 tons, a full load displacement of 55,000 tons, a power output of 200,000 horsepower, and a speed of 33 knots.

Mu Feng asked the system to check again to make sure there were no problems, and pressed the final confirmation button.

Lexington goes into hibernation.

Mu Feng sighed and stood up, stretched and walked to the bed, looking at the sea in the distance.

Changchun outside the window saw Mu Feng get up, and immediately turned around and hid behind the wall next to him, muttering in his heart:

"These two ...... is full of nonsense, and in the end it is just a transformation......"

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