The Last American Dreadnought
American Battleships
South Dakota (BB-49) class
A Study in Blueprints
by Duane D. Borchers, Sr.
BK-113 $75.00 (Foreign,
$105.00)(11"x17", soft cover, 175 pages)
Ships of class: USS South Dakota (BB-49), USS Indiana
(BB-50), USS Montana (BB-51), USS North Carolina
(BB-52), USS Iowa (BB-53) and USS Massachusetts
(BB-54).
List of blueprints
|
Title |
Shipyard & Vessel |
Date of |
Page |
|
Outboard profile, |
Contract Plan |
April 25, 1919 |
5-7 |
|
Inboard profile, |
do. |
do. |
8-10 |
|
Lines & molded offsets, |
do. |
do. |
11-13 |
|
Cross sections at frames 2, 6, 12, 18, 26, 30, 38, 51, 62, 66, 70, 84, 105, 113, 116, 131, 137, 143, 149, 154, 159 & 162, |
do. |
do. |
14-15 |
|
Midship section & type details, |
do. |
do. |
16-17 |
|
Body, |
do. |
do. |
18-19 |
|
Outboard profile & inboard profile, |
Newport News Shipyard |
Jan. 6, 1922 |
20 |
|
Upper, main & 2nd decks, |
do. |
do. |
21-22 |
|
3rd, 1st platform & 2nd platform decks, |
do. |
do. |
22-23 |
|
Superstructure, upper deck & bridges, |
Contract Plan |
Apr. 25, 1919 |
24-26 |
|
Main & 2nd decks, |
do. |
do. |
27-29 |
|
3rd, 1st platform & inclined protective |
do. |
do. |
30-32 |
|
2nd platform & hold, |
do. |
do. |
33-35 |
|
Compartment & access, upper deck & |
do. |
do. |
36-37 |
|
Compartment & access, main & 2nd |
Contract Plan |
Apr. 25, 1919 |
38-40 |
|
Compartment & access, 3rd & 1st |
do. |
do. |
41-43 |
|
Compartment & access, hold & 2nd |
do. |
do. |
44-46 |
|
Compartment & access, inner bottom, |
do. |
do. |
47-49 |
|
Ventilation, upper deck & bridges, |
do. |
do. |
50-51 |
|
Compartment testing diagram, |
do. |
Oct. 24, 1919 |
52-54 |
|
Outside plating, above armor shelf, |
Newport News Shipyard |
June 24, 1920 |
55-57 |
|
Outside plating, below armor shelf, |
do. |
Nov. 29, 1919 |
58-60 |
|
Outside plating, below armor shelf, |
do. |
do. |
61-63 |
|
Arrg=t., of armor, |
Contract Plan |
Apr. 25, 1919 |
64-66 |
|
do. |
Newport News Shipyard |
Aug. 11, 1922 |
67-68 |
|
Access & stanchions, main, upper deck |
do. |
Apr. 23, 1921 |
69-72 |
|
Superstructure deck plating, |
do. |
Dec. 8, 1920 |
73-75 |
|
Arrg=t., of scuppers & drains, sheet 1, |
do. |
Feb. 17, 1921 |
76-78 |
|
Bow framing & webs, |
Newport News Shipyard |
Jan. 10, 1920 |
79-81 |
|
Rudderpost, rudder, fairwater & stern |
Willian Cramp & Sons |
Apr. 10, 1918 |
82-84 |
|
Rudder, preliminary plan, |
Newport News Shipyard |
Jan. 14, 1919 |
85 |
|
Inboard shaft struts, tentative conn., |
do. |
Sept. 19, 1919 |
86-87 |
|
Shaft struts for outboard shafts, |
do. |
Apr. 19, 1920 |
88-90 |
|
Shaft tubes, plan views, |
do. |
Mar. 5, 1920 |
91-93 |
|
Preliminary arrg=t., cage masts, |
do. |
Dec. 1, 1920 |
94-95 |
|
Range finder platforms for forward |
Portsmouth Navy Yard |
Aug. 6, 1918 |
96 |
|
Stern chock details, |
Newport News Shipyard |
June 12, 1920 |
97-98 |
|
Arrg=t., of
davits, hatch crane, lifting |
do. |
Feb. 16, 1920 |
99-100 |
|
Boat crane, |
do. |
Dec. 23, 1919 |
101-103 |
|
Arrg=t., of steering gear space, |
do. |
Jan. 8, 1921 |
104 |
|
Preliminary arrg=t.,
of steering gear, |
do. |
Nov. 26, 1919 |
105-106 |
|
Paravane gear, |
Contract Plan |
Sept. 18, 1919 |
107 |
|
Proposed modification of stem casting |
do. |
May 3, 1919 |
108 |
|
Jack staff, arrg=t., |
Newport News Shipyard |
- |
109 |
|
Arrg=t., of machinery in engine room, |
do. |
Nov. 7, 1919 |
110-111 |
|
Torpedo tube mouthpieces, |
do. |
June 26, 1920 |
112-113 |
|
Stricking down & handling of |
do. |
Dec. 22, 1921 |
114 |
|
Ammunition stowage, |
Contract Plan |
do. |
115-117 |
|
Location of 6" ammunition hoists, |
Newport News Shipyard |
Apr. 22, 1920 |
118-120 |
|
Arrg=t., of secondary battery, |
Contract Plan |
Oct. 21, 1918 |
121-122 |
|
Location & train of 6" guns, |
Newport News Shipyard |
Mar. 24, 1920 |
123 |
|
Universal gun ports for 6" guns, |
do. |
Mar. 24, 1920 |
124-125 |
|
6" gun ports & foundations on upper & |
Newport News Shipyard |
Oct. 20, 1920 |
126-128 |
|
6" gun ports & foundations, 20 1/2" aft |
do. |
May 2, 1921 |
129-132 |
|
16" turrets, |
Contract Plan |
- |
133-135 |
|
do. |
do. |
- |
136-138 |
|
do. |
do. |
- |
139-141 |
|
do. |
do. |
- |
142-145 |
|
do. |
do. |
- |
146-148 |
|
16" turrets, structural arrg=t., sheet 1, |
Newport News Shipyard |
Feb. 16, 1921 |
149-153 |
|
16" turrets, structural arrg=t., sheet 2, |
do. |
Feb. 21, 1921 |
154-157 |
|
16" turrets, structural arrg=t., sheet 3, |
do. |
do. |
158-161 |
|
16" turrets, structural arrg=t., sheet 4, |
do. |
Feb. 16, 1921 |
162-164 |
|
16" turrets, shelf plate, |
do. |
Apr. 25, 1921 |
165-166 |
|
Proposed battle station #2 in turret |
Contract Plan |
Apr. 25, 1919 |
167-168 |
|
do. |
do. |
May 11, 1920 |
169-171 |
|
Arrg=t., of turret turning gear, |
Newport News Shipyard |
Oct. 10, 1920 |
172-175 |