American Battle-cruisers and Battle-scouts

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Title: Preliminary Design Plan for a Battle Cruiser ... June 1915 Note:

Description: Photo #: S-584-078 Preliminary Design Plan for a Battle Cruiser ... June 1915 Preliminary design plan for a battle cruiser prepared for Captain John Hood of the General Board, apparently requested informally as part of the Boards wide-ranging review of possible cruiser type ships that was underway at the time. This design may have represented an attempt to design a smaller ship than that developed in May for Captain Hood (see Photo # S-584-072) but neither plan resulted in a design slected for construction. This plan provides eight 16-inch and twenty 6-inch guns, turbine machinery, and a speed of 30 knots in a ship 1000 feet long, 98 feet. in beam, with a normal displacement of 52,000 tons. The original document was ink on linen (black on white). The original plan is in the 1911-1925 Spring Styles Book. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Title: Preliminary Design Plan for a "Battle Scout" ... June 1915 Note:

Description: Photo #: S-584-079 Preliminary Design Plan for a Battle Scout ... June 1915 Preliminary design plan for a large scout cruiser, called a Battle Scout, prepared in response to an oral request from the General Board on 12 June 1915. These Battle Scout designs apparently were intended to explore what capabilities might be provided in a large ship type having fewer heavy guns than a Battle Cruiser but having a significantly heavier main battery than the typically lightly armed Scout Cruisers studied earlier in the year 1915. No such Battle Scouts ever were built. This plan provides four 16-inch and ten 6-inch guns, turbine machinery, and a speed of 35 knots in a ship 875 feet long on the load water line (L.W.L.), 86 feet.in beam, with a normal displacement of 27,000 tons. The original document was ink on linen (black on white). The original plan is in the 1911-1925 Spring Styles Book. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

 

Title: Incomplete Preliminary Design Plan for a Battle Cruiser ... July 1, 1915 Note:

Description: Photo #: S-584-081 Incomplete Preliminary Design Plan for a Battle Cruiser ... July 1, 1915 Preliminary design plan for a battle cruiser prepared for the General Board, apparently requested as part of the Boards wide-ranging review of possible cruiser type ships that was underway at the time. As noted on the drawing, specific required design criteria, including displacement, forced the creation of a design that lacked any side armor. Accordingly, this design was left incomplete once such an unlikely combination of features had developed. No such ship was built and the battle cruisers ultimately requested for the Fiscal Year 1917 program were somewhat larger (see Photo # S-584-102). This plan provides six 16-inch and fourteen 6-inch guns, turbine machinery, and a speed of 30 knots in a ship 725 feet long on the water line, 90 feet in beam, with a normal displacement of 30,000 tons. The original document was ink on linen (black on white). The original plan is in the 1911-1925 Spring Styles Book. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Title: Preliminary Design Plan for a "Battle Scout" ... September 1915 Note:

Description: Photo #: S-584-089 Preliminary Design Plan for a Battle Scout ... September 1915 Preliminary design plan for a large scout cruiser, called a Battle Scout, prepared for the General Board. These Battle Scout designs apparently were intended to explore what capabilities might be provided in a large ship type having fewer heavy guns than a Battle Cruiser but having a significantly heavier main battery than the typically lightly armed Scout Cruisers studied earlier in 1915. No Battle Scouts were built. This plan provides eight 14-inch and twelve 6-inch guns, and a speed of 35 knots in a ship 800 feet long on the water line, 94 feet in beam, with a normal displacement of 32,000 tons. Note the provision of side armor in way of the turrets. This additional side protection distinguishes this design from P.D. 144 (see Photo # S-584-083). 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-584-089

Title: Preliminary Design Plan for a "Battle Scout" ... October 1915 Note:

Description: Photo #: S-584-090 Preliminary Design Plan for a Battle Scout ... October 1915 Preliminary design plan for a large scout cruiser, called a Battle Scout. These Battle Scout designs apparently were intended to explore what capabilities might be provided in a large ship type having fewer heavy guns than a Battle Cruiser but having a significantly heavier main battery than the more lightly armed Scout Cruisers studied earlier in 1915. No Battle Scouts were built. This plan provides eight 14-inch and twelve 6-inch guns, and a speed of 35 knots in a ship 800 feet long on the water line, 94 feet in beam, with a normal displacement of 32,000 tons. This design differs from P.D. 150 (see Photo # S-584-089) in having the main battery grouped in two turrets rather than four, using the weight saved to extend the side armor the full length of the ship. 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.

Title: Preliminary Design Plan for a "Battle Scout" ... October 1915 Note:

Description: Photo #: S-584-091 Preliminary Design Plan for a Battle Scout ... October 1915 Preliminary design plan for a large scout cruiser, called a Battle Scout. These Battle Scout designs apparently were intended to explore what capabilities might be provided in a large ship type having fewer heavy guns than a Battle Cruiser but having a significantly heavier main battery than the more lightly armed Scout Cruisers studied earlier in 1915. No Battle Scouts were built. This plan provides eight 14-inch and twelve 6-inch guns, and a speed of 35 knots in a ship 800 feet long on the water line, 94 feet in beam, with a normal displacement of 32,000 tons. This design differs from P.D. 150 (see Photo # S-584-089) in having the main battery grouped in three turrets rather than four, using the weight saved to extend the side armor forward to the bow. 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.