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Preliminary Design Plan for a "Small Battleship" ...
April 17, 1919
Preliminary design plan for a "Small Battleship" (A-7).
The Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair requested
on 8 March 1919 that his staff develop a set of comparative studies
for ships of this type, apparently reflecting his desire to anticipate
a possible need, as early as the 1920 shipbuilding program, for
retrenchment from increasingly large capital ship designs under
development at the time. The "A" series Small Battleship
designs, initiated on 17 March, incorporated the four 16-inch
gun armament and 12 inch side armor specified as an initial baseline
for the type, and 20 knots speed. The concept was not pursued.
This plan provided four 16-inch guns, electric drive machinery,
and a speed of 20 knots in a ship 510 feet long on the waterline,
92 feet 6 inches in beam, and with a normal displacement of 24,000
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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