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PROMETHEUS CLASS Collier
USS Erie: Commissioned 1907 – 12,585 tons – length 142m (465 ft) – beam 18.3m (60 ft) – draft 8m (26 ft) – 16 knots
From the turn of the last century, battle fleets the world over were powered by coal-fired boilers. Without ample supplies of coal, they would have been useless. Each nation’s fleet relied upon transport ships (colliers) to haul coal to coaling stations, or directly to the ships at sea. Great Britain, and to a lesser extent France, had numerous colonial possessions providing a complete round-the-world chain of coaling stations. Other nations had to use civilian commercial colliers. The US Navy considered it a strategic weakness to rely on civilian colliers or “leased” colliers from foreign nations. Unfortunately the US Congress was loath to pay for coaling vessels. Consequently, the Navy collier fleet consisted of a few purpose-built ships (the Proteus Class) and numerous merchant ships that were purchased as colliers, converted into colliers, or – rarely – built as a collier. These were loosely grouped as the Prometheus Class and followed no particular design pattern. USS Erie (Fleet Collier No.1) provided us with a basic design incorporating all the modern systems, a streamlined hull form, and pleasing lines for our model. She was laid down in 1907 and was converted to a repair ship in 1913 and renamed USS Vestal. She served through both World Wars, survived the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, and was scrapped in 1950.
How to use
This pack contains .SC4model-files and props as .SC4desc-files. So, by installing this pack nothing will directly appear in your game. You can use the props on your own lots or convert the SC4models into buildings, as you please. Since most props are to be used on water lots and props naturally align with the surface level, they will sink to the sea floor, if you do not stick to the guidelines on how to use props on water lots. Finally you will need to follow the instructions on how to make a lot transparent. You will find the props in any Lot-Editor under the prefix A_1P_h_
As per request from the community, I have also included a version of the ship without historic flags and crew.
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