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S-511-29 "8-Inch Cruiser, Scheme CA-C"

Photo #: S-511-29 "8-Inch Cruiser, Scheme CA-C"
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Title: "8-Inch Cruiser, Scheme CA-C"
Description: Photo #: S-511-29 8-Inch Cruiser, Scheme CA-C Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board during an examination of heavy cruiser designs with more protection (and in some cases more eight-inch guns) than the Baltimore (CA-68) class. Aircraft are carried amidships. This plan, dated 18 March 1941, is for a faster (35 knot) ship, resulting in a standard displacement of 20,000-tons and waterline length of 770 feet. There are twelve 8/55 guns in four triple turrets. Scale of the original drawing 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-511-29
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