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Fast Battleship Design D

In 1918 a british constructor, Sir Stanley Godall was temporarily assigned to C&R and he brought plans of the Admiral class battlecruisers (HMS Hood) with him. This inspired the US designers to design a somewhat similar, fast battleship. They made 4 plans, A, B , C and D. A and B were BC with 8 X 16"/50 guns, C and D were real fast BBs with 12 X 16"/50 but with somewhat lower speed. But they were extremely costly and design C and D were considerd either too slow as a battlecruiser or too lightly protected as BB.

Design specs.:

Displacement : 54,500 tons

Dimensions : 880 X 108 X 32,3 feet

Speed: 29 knots with 90,000 EHP (turbo-electric drive with 17 boilers, 3 funnels)

Armament : 12 X 16"/50 (probably Mark 2); 16 X 6" and 4 air defense guns, 2 sub and 8 above water TT

Armour : 12"-8" belt (note that there are light belt additions fore and aft, probably ~ 5"); 12" barbettes; 16" Conning tower; No uptake protection; 3"-2" main deck and 2" splinter deck

For more look in Norman Friedman: U.S. Cruisers, An Illustrated Design History in chapter 3.