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Tuesday, 16 February 2016

Preliminary design for an American seagoing minesweeper dated 28 March 1918


Drawing S 584-129 made by the Bureau of Construction and Repair for an ocean minesweeper apparently similar to that of the Lapwing-class which were built between 1917-1919. There are none technical details known about this design, a roughly estimate of the dimensions 185x23 feet.

Source the so-called Spring Styles Book 1 (March 1911-September 1925). Naval History and Heritage Command. Lot S-584. Preliminary designs prepared by mostly civilians working at the Bureau of Construction and Repair (succeeded by the Bureau of Ships nowadays the Naval Sea Systems Command) under supervision of naval architects of the Navy Construction Corps. A major part of the drawings is presented to the General Board which adviced the Secretary of the Navy.