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S-511-25 "8-Inch Cruiser Study - Scheme CA-B"

Photo #: S-511-25 "8-Inch Cruiser Study - Scheme CA-B"
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Title: "8-Inch Cruiser Study - Scheme CA-B"
Description: Photo #: S-511-25 8-Inch Cruiser Study - Scheme CA-B Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board during an examination of heavy cruiser designs with more protection (and in some cases more eight-inch guns) than the Baltimore (CA-68) class. Aircraft are carried amidships. This plan, dated 16 September 1940, is for a 17,000-ton (standard displacement) ship, 690-feet long on the waterline, with twelve 8/55 guns in four triple turrets. Speed is 33 knots. Scale of the original drawing 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-511-25
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