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S-511-14 "Heavy Cruiser Study - Scheme 2"

Photo #: S-511-14 "Heavy Cruiser Study - Scheme 2"
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Title: "Heavy Cruiser Study - Scheme 2"
Description: Photo #: S-511-14 Heavy Cruiser Study - Scheme 2 Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board as part of the process leading to the Alaska class (CB1-6) large cruiser design. This plan, dated 19 March 1940 and representing the smallest size cruiser studied in this series, is for a ship of 15,750 tons standard displacement, with a main battery of twelve 8/55 guns, a secondary battery of twelve 5/38 guns and a 120,000 horsepower powerplant. Ship's dimensions are: waterline length 700'; beam 72'; draft 23.5'. Scale of the original drawings is 1/32 = 1'. 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-511-14
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