"8-Inch Cruiser, Scheme CA-C"
refit/updated late-war version taking cues from other USN cruisers. In collaboration with
Warship Projects
Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board during an examination of heavy cruiser designs with more protection (and in some cases more eight-inch guns) than the Baltimore (CA-68) class. Aircraft are carried amidships.
This plan, dated 18 March 1941, is for a faster (35 knot) ship, resulting in a standard displacement of 20,000-tons and waterline length of 770 feet. There are twelve 8"/55 guns in four triple turrets.
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