HMS HOOD

USS Washington · Aug 22, 2014

Carronade said:

Definitely, because it would have included deck armor, up to 5" thick over magazines. She would have been essentially comparable to a brand-new ship.

Some features of the planned reconstruction:

Removal of upper armor belt - replaced by deck armor from A to Y turret - and armored conning tower.
Complete new superstructure similar to KGV, Valiant, or Renown, including aircraft hangars and cross-deck catapult.
Turrets modified for 30 degree elevation and the new 1938lb shell. Modern gunnery control.
New secondary armament - sixteen 5.25" in twin mounts - six 8-barrel pompoms, etc. and the lastest High Angle Control System.
New boilers and machinery, not to increase speed or horsepower, but the more compact machinery would allow for improved subdivision/underwater protection and provide space for 5.25" magazines.
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Wow, then with those improvements, I have no doubt that Hood would probably have not only survived that fatal hit as historically, but also would have beaten Bismarck as well, and those 1,415 sailors who perished aboard her would live to fight another day. A shame though that reconstruction didn't get to happen, RIP Hoods brave crew.

USS Washington · Aug 22, 2014

TiredOldSoldier said:

If the explosion was caused by an explosion in a 4" secondary magazine propagating to the main magazine as many sources state , and the analysis of the wreck apparently confirm, modernization would make the exact historical result impossible as the magazines would likely be moved because of the replacement of the 4" with DP guns.
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I do not doubt it.

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