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S-511-9 "Proposed Flight Deck Cruiser"

Photo #: S-511-9 "Proposed Flight Deck Cruiser"
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Title: "Proposed Flight Deck Cruiser"
Description: Photo #: S-511-9 Proposed Flight Deck Cruiser Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board during the final effort to develop a flight deck cruiser (CF). This plan, dated 8 December 1939, is for a 12,000 ton standard displacement ship with a main battery of three 8/55 guns and a secondary battery of eight 5/38 guns (six specified in table). Ship's waterline length is 640'. The data table leaves other characteristics blank, and the plan is annotated Void - sec. batt arr. changed. 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-511-9
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