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 Historical Center.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 617KB; 2000 x 1350
pixels |
 |