Photo #: S-584-181
"Vessel of the Golden State Class Converted to Cable
Carrier" ... September 24, 1921
Preliminary design plan for a cable ship. The Office of the Chief
of Naval Operations (OpNav) requested on 18 August 1921 that
the Bureau of Construction and Repair develop plans illustrating
the potential characteristics needed in an ocean going ship capable
of carrying and laying undersea communications cable. The Bureau
considered the Golden State type passenger and cargo ship
to be the most promising existing commercial type available for
conversion. This plan was forwarded on 29 September 1921 to OpNav.
The Navy did not acquire cable laying ships at this time, however.
This plan provided the capacity to carry and lay about 2700 to
3000 miles of underwater cable, turbine machinery, and a speed
of 17 knots in a ship 534 feet long on the waterline, 72 feet
in beam, and with a full load displacement of 21,300 tons.
Note: The original document was ink on linen (black on
white).
The original plan is in the 1911-1925 "Spring Styles Book".
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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