Photo #: S-511-23
"8100 Ton 5" Cruiser (Double Purpose) Design Study"
Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board during
the development of the "CLD", an abortive design for
a light cruiser with a main battery of 5"/54 guns.
This plan, dated 28 November 1940, is for a ship with a standard
displacement of 8100 tons (9950 tons trial displacement) and
a main battery of sixteen 5"/54 guns. Its length is 570',
beam is 59' and draft 20' 3". Powerplant has 100,000 horsepower
for a speed of 33.5 knots.
Scale of the original drawings is 1/32" = 1'.
The original plan is in the 1939-1944 "Spring Styles Book"
held by the Naval Historical Center.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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