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S-584-084 Preliminary Design Plan for a "Scout Cruiser" ... September 15, 1915 Note:

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Title: Preliminary Design Plan for a "Scout Cruiser" ... September 15, 1915 Note:

Description: Photo #: S-584-084 Preliminary Design Plan for a Scout Cruiser ... September 15, 1915 Preliminary design plan for a large scout cruiser. This design is very similar to P.D. 144 (see Photo # S-584-083), a so-called Battle Scout, but differs in having main battery guns (10-inch) of lesser caliber than capital ships (14- or 16-inch). Note the provision of side armor in way of the turrets, absent in P.D. 144 but provided here and also in P.D. 150 (see Photo # S-584-089). Other than armament, this design differs from P.D. 150 only in having less beam. No ships of this type were built. This plan provides eight 10-inch and twelve 6-inch guns, turbine machinery, and a speed of 35 knots in a ship 800 feet long on the water line, 90 feet in beam, with a normal displacement of 28,000 tons. The original document was ink on linen (black on white). The original plan is in the 1911-1925 Spring Styles Book. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Catalog #: S-584-084