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S-511-34-A "Aircraft Carrier Study - Scheme "A""

Photo #: S-511-34-A "Aircraft Carrier Study - Scheme "A""
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Title: "Aircraft Carrier Study - Scheme "A""
Description: Photo #: S-511-34-A Aircraft Carrier Study - Scheme A 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 5 June 1941, depicts a 44,500-ton (standard displacement) 900-foot (between perpendiculars) ship with a lightly armored flight deck. Gun battery was nine 8/55 guns in triple turrets and eight single-mounted 5/38 dual-purpose guns. Hull was too wide for the existing Panama Canal locks. 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-511-34-A
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