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S-511-66 "5"/54 Cal. Cruiser ... Scheme "C""

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Title: "5"/54 Cal. Cruiser ... Scheme "C""
Description: Photo #: S-511-66 5/54 Cal. Cruiser ... Scheme C Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board during consideration of a light cruiser armed with a new automatic-loading twin 5/54 gun mounting. This plan, dated 30 November 1944, provides six of these gun mounts in a 580-foot (between perpendiculars) hull, with trial displacement of 8550 tons. It was the basis for the abortive CL-154 class light cruisers, whose construction was cancelled in March 1945. 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-511-66
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