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On 1930 published the retired USN captain A.M. Procter (8 July 1873 Frankfort, Kentucky, USA- 23 March 1938 Brooklyn, USA) his vision of a diesel-engined design for a cruiser annex aircraft carrier in the June 1930 edition of the US Naval Institue Proceedings. The design was however never realized. It should be a ship with a displacement of 10.000 (standard)-13,500 (full load( tons) with as dimensions 600 ((waterline) x 60 x (depth of hull) feetr. The propulsion was to consist of 4x12 cylinder direct-drive diesels supplying via 4 shafts 80,000 shp allowing a speed of 31 knots and with a a fuel oil binker capacity of 3,500 tons and a speed of 20 knots a minumym range of 20,000 nautical miles. The ship was armoured, specifcations are not known, the weight of the armour was estinated to be 2,054 tons. She was able to carry 12 planes with her, for launching was one catapult available. The armament consisted of 3x3-20,3cm/8” guns all three turrets on the fore ship and on the superstructure 4x2-12.7cm/5” anti aircraft guns and finally 4 torpedo tubes. There were two cylindrical towers on each beam with each 2 control decks and which were connected by an athwartships gallery.
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