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Photo #: S-511-42
"Aircraft Carrier Study - Scheme "CV-E""
Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board during
the process that led to the armored flight deck Midway
(CVB-41) class.
This plan, dated 22 September 1941, depicts a 45,000-ton (standard
displacement) 900-foot (between perpendiculars) ship with two-inch
flight deck armor and all aircraft elevators on the port side.
Gun battery contains twelve 5"/54 dual-purpose guns (four
twin mounts and four singles). Hull is too wide for the existing
Panama Canal locks.
The actual Midway class design was generally based on
this scheme.
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.
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Image posted 2 March 2005