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NH 76632 USS Kearsarge (BB-5) USS Kentucky (BB-6)

Photo #: NH 76632 USS Kearsarge (BB-5) USS Kentucky (BB-6)
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Title: USS Kearsarge (BB-5) USS Kentucky (BB-6)
Description: Photo #: NH 76632 USS Kearsarge (BB-5) and USS Kentucky (BB-6) Midship section plan, through the conning tower at Frame 33, showing the ships as designed. The arrangement of armor is depicted, along with one 5/40 broadside gun, an 18-inch above-water torpedo tube, and the steering wheels in both the armored conning tower and the pilothouse. Copied from R. Robinson, Naval Construction, 4th Edition, 1917, page 160-61. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 76632
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