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Sunday, 8 November 2026

Preliminary Design No. 114 of an American scout cruiser dated April 1915

Preliminary Design No. 112©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Preliminary Design No. 114©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Never realized. Adapted in begin April 1915 from the preliminary design No. 112.

Displacement 12,600 tons and as dimensions 70 (waterline) x 60 (waterline) x 19 feet. Block Coefficient .553. Longitudinal coefficient .614.

Normal displacement 12,600 tons:

Hull complete with fittings 5,346

Protection 844]steam engineering 3,572

Reserve feed, 2/3 supply 747

Battery 193

Ammunition and 2/3 ordnance stores 241

Equipment and 2/3 equipment stores 306

Outfit and 2/3 stores 351

Oil fuel, 2/3 full supply 900.

Turbine propulsion with 7 boiler rooms, speed 35 knots with 56,000 ehp, cruising range 12,000 nautical miles/10 knots.

Armament consists of 10-15.24cm/6” quick firing guns and 4-7.62cm/3” guns.Carried 6 aircraft launched by a catapult on the quarter deck.

Armour. Main side belt with a extreme width of 17’6”, depth below water line 5’0’ and thickness 160#. Total thickness protective deck 60#.

Crew was to number 38 officers and 524 men with berthing&messing facilities for another 1,000 men.

Source

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. United States Navy Department. Bureau of Construction and Repair. String Stules 1911-1925. Design S-584-052

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