Photo #: S-511-50
"Aircraft Carrier, Converted from 12" Cruiser (Class
CB 1-6)"
Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board as part
of an exploration of carrier conversions of warship hulls then
under construction.
This plan, marked "Advance Print" and dated 3 January
1942, represents the conversion of Alaska class large
cruiser hulls. It would have produced a ship similar in external
appearance to the Essex (CV-9) class, but with lower freeboard,
only two aircraft elevators, one catapult, and an 839' long flight
deck somewhat offset to the port side. Aircraft capacity would
have been lower than in the Essex design, with markedly
reduced steaming endurance and modest anti-torpedo protection
for the hull sides.
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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