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Photo #: S-511-61

"Single Cal.{iber} 6" Cruiser - Scheme "J""


Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board during the development of a light cruiser with rapid-firing 6"/47 anti-aircraft guns, which ultimately became the Worcester (CL-144) class.
This plan, dated 31 May 1943, is for a 664-foot (waterline length), 13,890 (standard displacement) ship with twelve main battery guns, a flush deck hull with aircraft facilities located aft, increased numbers of 40mm anti-aircraft guns, and a single smokestack. Vignetted into the plan are 14 July 1943 revisions, providing for two smokestacks.
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.

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Image posted 24 February 2005