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S-511-61 "Single Cal.{iber} 6" Cruiser - Scheme "J""

Photo #: S-511-61 "Single Cal.{iber} 6" Cruiser - Scheme "J""
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Title: "Single Cal.{iber} 6" Cruiser - Scheme "J""
Description: Photo #: S-511-61 Single Cal.{iber} 6 Cruiser - Scheme J Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board during the development of a light cruiser with rapid-firing 6/47 anti-aircraft guns, which ultimately became the Worcester (CL-144) class. This plan, dated 31 May 1943, is for a 664-foot (waterline length), 13,890 (standard displacement) ship with twelve main battery guns, a flush deck hull with aircraft facilities located aft, increased numbers of 40mm anti-aircraft guns, and a single smokestack. Vignetted into the plan are 14 July 1943 revisions, providing for two smokestacks. 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-511-61
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