Photo #: S-584-022
Proposed Torpedo Battleship ... Aug. 15, 1912
Preliminary design plan prepared by the Bureau of Construction
& Repair, probably in support of studies of this potential new
ship type that were taking place at the Naval War College at
about this time. The so-called Torpedo Battleship, conceived
as a large ship armed primarily with torpedoes, never found substantial
support. The Bureau of Construction & Repair recommended in 1911
that such a ship be included in the Fiscal Year 1913 program.
None were built or planned for construction, however.
This plan, labeled Sketch No.4, provides four 14-inch
guns in a single quadruple turret, sixteen submerged 21-inch
torpedo tubes, and machinery for 30 knots maximum speed in a
ship 800 feet long on the load water line (L.W.L.), 91 feet in
beam, with a normal displacement of 33,500 tons.
Note: The original document was a blueprint (white on
dark blue).
The original plan is in the 1911-1925 "Spring Styles Book".
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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