Concept of a destroyer in the future dated 13 March 1943

Drawing by Logan U. Reavis (1887, Saint Louis, USA, 1 June 1958 (Hempstead, USA).

The anti submarine escort for mving vanal ships fitted out with a seaplane+catapult for executing scouting pruposes and armed neough to compete with ships of her size. Displacement 2,500 tons, dimensions 430 x 40 feet and a speed of 38-40 knots.

Legend

1. Dual-purpose 15.24cm/6” guns.

2. Narrowed fire-control structure to permit wider arc of fire.

3. Main range finder.

4. Anti aircraft guns.

5. Quick firing anti aircaft guns.

6. Depth charges.

7. Seaplane (with folding wings) on retractable catapult.

8. Ram.

Note

1. He was an industrial and marine working as illustrator and writers for newspapers but also for the United States Lines and other shipbuilding related industry. In the 1950s he made promotional maps and brochures to celebrate the passenger ship ss United States which won the Blue Riband in 1932.

Source

‘The shape of ships to come’ in: The navy of the Future, The Collier’s, 13 March 1943.