American design of a proposed flight deck cruiser dated 19 December 1939

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The design was made for the General Board for the last effort to developed such type of ship but never built. Displacement 12,000 (standard)-14,220 (trial) tons and as dimensions 640 (waterline) x 67 (waterline) x 21.8 feet. Geared turbine propulsion with 2 boiler rooms, maximum speed 33 knots with 100,000 ship and range 10,000 nautical miles/15 knots. Armament consisted of 1x3-8” cal 55 guns, 8-5” cal 38 dual purpose guns, 8-0.50” anti aircraft machine guns and 24-36 aircraft. The armour consisted of a main side belt of 5” on 25” depth below the waterline 5’. Protective deck 2.25”. Main deck (bomb) 40’”. Turret (8.0 (face)-3.75/15 (sides)-3.0 (top)-1.5 (rear). Armored pilot house 2.5 (sides)-5.0 (top)-40 (tube). Control spaces 40, 5” twin mounts 30 and 5” handling rooms 30.

Source

Naval History and Heritage Command S-511-4.