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Photo #: S-584-139
"2150-2200 Ton Destroyer Leader ... June 10, 1918"
Drawings showing hull form and internal structure for a large
destroyer leader under consideration in mid-1918. This concept
called for carrying fuel oil in an inner bottom tank (shown here
as 4.5-feet deep amidships) and also in overhead wing tanks under
the main deck in the machinery space (a triangular form shown
in the centermost of these three drawings). This arrangement
was adopted to reduce the tendency for the hull to hog as the
center of the ship crested a wave. Further design development
led to abandonment of an inner bottom tank on 23 September 1918.
Design work on this concept ceased altogether shortly after the
end of World War I.
This plan displays cross-section views at three locations: the
forward end of the forward boiler room, amidships, and the after
end of the after boiler room.
Note: The original document was ink on linen (black on
white).
The original plan is in the 1911-1925 "Spring Styles Book".
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Image posted 29 November 2007