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NH 93908 Hull test model for the BB-57 (South Dakota) class battleships

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Title: Hull test model for the BB-57 (South Dakota) class battleships
Description: Hull model number 3536, photographed at the Experimental Model Basin, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., in 1938. Note the widely spaced skegs, supporting the outboard propeller shafts, that were a unique feature of this battleship class. Copied from the Bureau of Ships monograph United States Battleship Designs for World War II, dated 1 June 1946. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 93908
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