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S-584-021 Proposed Torpedo Battleship ... May 31, 1912 Note:

Photo #: S-584-021 Proposed Torpedo Battleship ... May 31, 1912 Note:
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Title: Proposed Torpedo Battleship ... May 31, 1912 Note:
Description: Photo #: S-584-021 Proposed Torpedo Battleship ... May 31, 1912 Preliminary design plan prepared by the Bureau of Construction & Repair, probably in support of studies of this potential new ship type that were taking place at the Naval War College at about this time. The so-called Torpedo Battleship, conceived as a large ship armed primarily with torpedoes, never found substantial support. The Bureau of Construction & Repair recommended in 1911 that such a ship be included in the Fiscal Year 1913 program. None were built or planned for construction, however. This plan, labeled “Sketch No.3”, provides no large caliber guns, eighteen submerged 21-inch torpedo tubes, and machinery for 27 knots maximum speed in a ship 800 feet long on the load water line (L.W.L.), 83 feet in beam, with a normal displacement of 30,000 tons. The original document was ink on paper (black on white). The original plan is in the 1911-1925 Spring Styles Book. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: S-584-021
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