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S-584-135 Preliminary Design for an Improved Battle Cruiser ... May 16, 1918 Note:

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Title: Preliminary Design for an Improved Battle Cruiser ... May 16, 1918 Note:

Description: Photo #: S-584-135 Preliminary Design for an Improved Battle Cruiser ... May 16, 1918 Preliminary design plan for an improved version of the planned Constellation (Battle Cruiser # 1) class, prepared as one of a series of preliminary designs in response to Chief Constructor David Taylor's direction to his design staff on 9 April 1918 to prepare designs that merged battleship and battle cruiser qualities in a new ship type. This particular drawing designated Scheme B was laid out by Navy civilian naval architect James L. Bates. Compared with Constellation, Scheme B increased armor protection and introduced torpedo side protection while incorporating eight 16-inch guns in place of ten 14-inch guns. This plan provided eight 16-inch guns, electric drive machinery, and a speed of 33 knots in a ship 850 feet long on the waterline, 99 feet in beam, and with a normal displacement of 45,000 tons. The original document was a blueprint (white on dark blue). The original plan is in the 1911-1925 Spring Styles Book. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Catalog #: S-584-135