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Description
The Sumter Class was originally designed as an export Frigate by Bath Iron Works in an attempt to recoup losses inured by the less than profitable Zumwalt class. However, the US Navy was so impressed with the design proposal that they quickly domesticated the project. The Sumter made use of many advancements initially intended for the Zumwalt, with the Navy's approval. These included a 155mm Railgun, The M11-23A1 20mm CWIS, The AN/SEQ-3 Laser system, and advanced AESA Radars. Coming in at a cost of $730 million per ship the Sumter was considerably cheaper than either the Zumwalt or the Arleigh Burk Flight III, this was mostly due to its small size, modular construction, and streamlined production. The first of 26 ships were ordered in 2026 starting with the U.S.S. Sumter FFC-100. A further 12 were ordered in 2029. There was some initial controversy over the lead ship's name, considering the history of Fort Sumter for which it was named. The decision to name the ships in the class after historic US forts was unanimous, with many arguing for the lead ship to be named after Fort McHenry. However, with the USS Sumter LST-1181 having been struck from the Navel register in 2002 and the USS Fort McHenry LSD-43 still in service the decision was made to name the Lead ship USS Sumter FCC-100.

Full Specs

Power plant: 1x Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines (35.4 MW) driving Curtiss-Wright electric generators
Propulsion: 2x propellers driven by GE Power Conversion Advanced Induction Motors with VDM25000 Drive Total: 52 MW (105,000 shaft horsepower)

Speed: 38 kts
Displacement: 6,400 long tons
Range: 2,300nm (@20kts)
Draft 20.4 feet
Beam: 62 feet
Length: 434 feet
Height: 98 feet
Crew: 78

Sensors:  AN/SPY-3 Multi-Function Radar (MFR) (X-band, scanned array)
AN/SPY-4 Volume Search Radar (VSR) (S-band, scanned array)
AN/SPS-67D 2D surface search radar
AN/SPY-11 Air/Surface Search Radar (Multi-Band)
            AN/BQQ-12 Sonar Array


Armament: 1x 155m BAE MJ-5F Railgun (110nm)
2x AN/SEQ-3 Laser Weapons System (Classified)
1x M11-23A1 20mm CWIS (4nm)
4x Mk 59 VLS Modules with 3 launchers per module with a total complement of 48 missiles including;
14x RIM-66D-30 Advanced Standard Missile (130nm)
14x RIM-162-II Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Mark II (35nm)
10x BGM-109P Tomahawk II (1500nm)
10x RUM-144 VL-ASROC (22nm)

3D Model: skfb.ly/6RYF9

Description
The Sumter Class was originally designed as an export Frigate by Bath Iron Works in an attempt to recoup losses inured by the less than profitable Zumwalt class. However, the US Navy was so impressed with the design proposal that they quickly domesticated the project. The Sumter made use of many advancements initially intended for the Zumwalt, with the Navy's approval. These included a 155mm Railgun, The M11-23A1 20mm CWIS, The AN/SEQ-3 Laser system, and advanced AESA Radars. Coming in at a cost of $730 million per ship the Sumter was considerably cheaper than either the Zumwalt or the Arleigh Burk Flight III, this was mostly due to its small size, modular construction, and streamlined production. The first of 26 ships were ordered in 2026 starting with the U.S.S. Sumter FFC-100. A further 12 were ordered in 2029. There was some initial controversy over the lead ship's name, considering the history of Fort Sumter for which it was named. The decision to name the ships in the class after historic US forts was unanimous, with many arguing for the lead ship to be named after Fort McHenry. However, with the USS Sumter LST-1181 having been struck from the Navel register in 2002 and the USS Fort McHenry LSD-43 still in service the decision was made to name the Lead ship USS Sumter FCC-100.

Full Specs

Power plant: 1x Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines (35.4 MW) driving Curtiss-Wright electric generators
Propulsion: 2x propellers driven by GE Power Conversion Advanced Induction Motors with VDM25000 Drive Total: 52 MW (105,000 shaft horsepower)

Speed: 38 kts
Displacement: 6,400 long tons
Range: 2,300nm (@20kts)
Draft 20.4 feet
Beam: 62 feet
Length: 434 feet
Height: 98 feet
Crew: 78

Sensors:  AN/SPY-3 Multi-Function Radar (MFR) (X-band, scanned array)
AN/SPY-4 Volume Search Radar (VSR) (S-band, scanned array)
AN/SPS-67D 2D surface search radar
AN/SPY-11 Air/Surface Search Radar (Multi-Band)
            AN/BQQ-12 Sonar Array


Armament: 1x 155m BAE MJ-5F Railgun (110nm)
2x AN/SEQ-3 Laser Weapons System (Classified)
1x M11-23A1 20mm CWIS (4nm)
4x Mk 59 VLS Modules with 3 launchers per module with a total complement of 48 missiles including;
14x RIM-66D-30 Advanced Standard Missile (130nm)
14x RIM-162-II Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Mark II (35nm)
10x BGM-109P Tomahawk II (1500nm)
10x RUM-144 VL-ASROC (22nm)

3D Model: skfb.ly/6RYF9