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S-511-2 "Proposed 7500 Ton Cruiser"

Photo #: S-511-2 "Proposed 7500 Ton Cruiser"
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Title: "Proposed 7500 Ton Cruiser"
Description: Photo #: S-511-2 Proposed 7500 Ton Cruiser Preliminary design drawing prepared for the General Board during the development of an abortive class of smaller cruisers with a dual-purpose main battery (the CLD). This plan, dated 9 November 1939, is for a ship with a main battery of twelve 5/54 guns, with aircraft and two catapults aft. Ship's dimensions are: waterline length 560'; waterline beam 58'; draft 18.5'. 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-511-2
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