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BB-65-8 Design Study

I used the Naval Historical Center's image as sample:

Here is a photo image of the ship, made by Altnaval. Please do not copy this image without permission.

Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board as part of the process leading to the Montana class (BB-67--71) battleship design.
This plan, dated 15 March 1940, is for a ship of 70,000 tons standard displacement and 82,000 ton trial displacement, with a main battery of twelve 16"/50 guns, a secondary battery of twenty 5"/54 guns and a 320,000 horsepower powerplant for a speed of 33 knots. Ship's dimensions are: waterline length 1050'; waterline beam 120'; draft 35'. Scale of the original drawing is 1/32" = 1'.
Port side 5" gun arrangement is labeled "previous secondary battery arrangement". Starboard side has a "proposed secondary battery arrangement."

Protection against 16" super heavy shells (2700lb- 1225 kg) between 18-32kyards