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French Battleship Richelieu waiting for the President of the Republic Vincent Auriol for his trip to Dakar, in the harbor of Toulon, France.

Date: April 1947

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Preliminary design plan for a Small Battleship (C-5)

This plan was completed on April 23, 1919, and provided:

Main Battery: four 16-inch/50-caliber guns in two twin mount turrets

Secondary battery: twelve 6-inch guns

Torpedo Tubes: two submerged

AA battery: two 3-inch guns

Main Armor Belt: 12 inches

Machinery: turbo-electric drive

Top speed: 26 knots

Waterline Length: 650 feet

Beam: 95 feet

Normal Displacement: 33,400 tons

Draft: 30 feet

"The Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair requested on March 8, 1919 that his staff develop a set of comparative studies for ships of this type, apparently reflecting his desire to anticipate a possible early need for retrenchment from the large capital ship designs under development at the time. The C series Small Battleship designs, initiated on March 17, incorporated the four 16-inch gun armament and 12 inch side armor specified as an initial baseline for the type but had a further increased speed of 26 knots. The concept was not pursued. The original plan is in the 1911-1925 Spring Styles Book."

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: S-584-153

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USS AMPHITRITE (BM-2) off Rockaway, Long Island, New York.

Date: April 23, 1919

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: 80-G-650318

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Rough Draft of a Preliminary Design for a Fast Battleship

Completed on April 23, 1918, this plan provided:

Main battery: twelve 16-inch guns

Secondary battery: sixteen 6 inch guns

AA battery: yes, unknown amount

Toredo tubes: 2 submerged

Main Armor Belt: 12 inch

Machinery: turbo-electric drive

Top speed: 30 1/4 knots

Waterline length: 900 feet

Beam: 106 feet

Normal displacement: 55,000 tons

Draft: 32 feet 6 inches

"A rough draft for a preliminary design plan intended to provide for a new fast battleship ship type. One of a series of preliminary designs prepared in response to Chief Constructor David Taylor's direction to his design staff on 9 April 1918 to examine combining the principal features of the battleship and battle cruiser classes ... to get as much speed as practicable in a vessel carrying a maximum battery and as much protection as possible. This drawing was made by Navy civilian naval architect James L. Bates and its final version is seen in Photo # S-584-134. No ships were built to this design. The original document was ink on linen (black on white). The original plan is in the 1911-1925 Spring Styles Book."

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: S-584-130

Artwork by Wolff Shipyard: link

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A view of USS MISSOURI (BB-63) at the reserve fleet at Bremerton, Washington.

This photograph was taken during the filming of the motion picture “MacArthur.”

Date: April 1976

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: USN 1168177

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Preliminary design plan for a Small Battleship (D-11)

This plan was completed on April 23, 1919 and provided:

Main Battery: four 16-inch guns

Secondary Battery: twelve 6-inch guns

AA Battery: two 3-inch guns

Torpedo Tubes: 2 submerged

Main Armor Belt: 12 inches

Machinery: electric drive machinery

Top speed: 29 knots

Waterline length: 710 feet

Beam: 96 feet 9 inches

Normal Displacement: 37,000 tons

Draft: 30.4 feet

"The Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair requested on March 8, 1919 that his staff develop a set of comparative studies for ships of this type, apparently reflecting his desire to anticipate a possible need, as early as the 1920 shipbuilding program, for retrenchment from the large capital ship designs under development at the time. The D series Small Battleship designs, initiated on March 17, incorporated the four 16-inch gun armament and 12 inch side armor specified as an initial baseline for the type but had a much higher speed of 29 knots. The concept was not pursued. The original plan is in the 1911-1925 Spring Styles Book."

Naval History and Heritage Command: S-584-154

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USS PENNSYLVANIA (BB-38) being fitting out at Newport News, Virginia.

Date: April 23, 1915

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 93528

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French Battleship Jean Bart at Toulon, France to be scrapped.

Date: April 5, 1970

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"USS YORKTOWN (CV-5) operating in the Pacific, photographed from a Douglas TBD-1 torpedo plane that has just taken off from her deck. Other TBD and SBD aircraft are also ready to be launched. A F4F-3 'Wildcat' fighter is parked on the outrigger just forward of the island. The other ships in the company include the fleet oiler USS GUADALUPE (AO-32), a destroyer and a heavy cruiser. This view has been retouched to censor the CXAM-radar antenna mounted atop Yorktown's foremast."

Date April 1942

U.S. Navy photo: 80-G-640553

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USS TEXAS (1892) stationed in a bay.

Date: 1895-97

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Ex-USS NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29) being converted into a target ship at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia.

Date: 1925

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An ad for Dr. Pepper soda honoring USS TEXAS (BB-35).

Date: April 5, 1914

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"One of our planes returns after a spotting mission over Okinawa." View from USS NEW YORK (BB-34).

Date: April-May 1945

United States Navy, "The history of the U.S.S. New York, BB-34" (1945). World War Regimental Histories. 162. https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/162

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A "Vought OS2U Kingfisher is salvaged by a Royal Canadian air force Piasecki H-21 helicopter in the spring of 1964. It had remained on the slopes of Mount Buxton, Calvert Island, British Columbia, since it crashed there on August 20, 1942. After reconstruction by the Vought Aeronautics' quarter century club, the OS2U was placed on display aboard Battleship North Carolina at Wilmington, North Carolina, and was dedicated on June 25, 1971."

Date: Spring 1964

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 73761