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S-511-4 "Proposed Flight Deck Cruiser"

Photo #: S-511-4 "Proposed Flight Deck Cruiser"
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Title: "Proposed Flight Deck Cruiser"
Description: Photo #: S-511-4 Proposed Flight Deck Cruiser Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board during the final effort to develop a flight deck cruiser (CF). This plan, dated 19 December 1939, is for a 12,000 ton standard displacement ship (14,220 ton trial displacement) with a main battery of three 8/55 guns, a secondary battery of eight 5/38 guns and an aircraft complement of 24 to 36. Ship's dimensions are: waterline length 640'; waterline beam 67'; draft 21' 8. Powerplant has 100,000 horsepower for a speed of 33 knots. 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-511-4
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