Photo #: S-511-63
"Aircraft Carrier - 1943 CVL Type"
Preliminary design plan prepared during the development of the
Saipan (CVL-48) class.
This plan, dated 28 August 1943, with alterations through 27
September 1943, depicts a 17,000-ton (trial displacement) 664-foot
(between perpendiculars) ship.
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: 519KB; 3000 x 1535
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