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S-511-13 "Battleship Study - BB65 - Scheme 8 - (1940 Studies)"

Photo #: S-511-13 "Battleship Study - BB65 - Scheme 8 - (1940 Studies)"
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Title: "Battleship Study - BB65 - Scheme 8 - (1940 Studies)"
Description: Photo #: S-511-13 Battleship Study - BB65 - Scheme 8 - (1940 Studies) Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board as part of the process leading to the Montana class (BB-6771) battleship design. This plan, dated 15 March 1940, is for a ship of 70,000 tons standard displacement and 82,000 ton trial displacement, with a main battery of twelve 16/50 guns, a secondary battery of twenty 5/54 guns and a 320,000 horsepower powerplant for a speed of 33 knots. Ship's dimensions are: waterline length 1050'; waterline beam 120'; draft 35'. Scale of the original drawing is 1/32 = 1'. Port side 5 gun arrangement is labeled previous secondary battery arrangement. Starboard side has a proposed secondary battery arrangement. The original plan is in the 1939-1944 Spring Styles Book held by the Naval History and Heritage Command. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: S-511-13
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