Photo #: S-584-110
80,000 ton Battleship ... December 29, 1916
Preliminary design plan of a hypothetical battleship created
at the request of the U.S. Senate and submitted to the Senate
on 14 February 1917. Senator Benjamin R. Tillman of South Carolina
had sponsored a resolution calling for the design of the battleship
of maximum size and capability that could use the Panama Canal
and existing harbor facilities. The Navy recommended against
building such ships but delivered plans illustrating potentially
feasible designs that reflected differing priorities. This design
(# 4) offered maximum capabilities on an 80,000 ton displacement.
No such ships were built.
This plan provides twenty-four 16-inch guns, electric drive machinery,
and a speed of 25.2 knots in a ship 975 feet long on the waterline,
108 feet in beam, and with a normal displacement of 80,000 tons.
Note: The original document was a blueprint (white on
dark blue).
The original plan is in the 1911-1925 "Spring Styles Book".
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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