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S-511-28 "Aircraft Carrier Study - Scheme "B""

Photo #: S-511-28 "Aircraft Carrier Study - Scheme "B""
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Title: "Aircraft Carrier Study - Scheme "B""
Description: Photo #: S-511-28 Aircraft Carrier Study - Scheme B Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board during the process that led to the armored flight deck Midway (CVB-41) class. This plan, dated 10 December 1940, depicts a 38,500-ton (standard displacement) 900-foot (between perpendiculars) ship with a lightly armored flight deck. Gun battery was sixteen 6/47 guns (four dual-purpose twin mounts and eight single-purpose single mounts). Hull was narrow enough to allow passage through the Panama Canal. Scale of the original drawings is 1/32 = 1'. The original plan is in the 1939-1944 Spring Styles Book held by the Naval History and Heritage Command. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: S-511-28
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