World War II
American Destroyer Seaplane Tenders
Clemson hull conversions
AVD-1 through AVD-14
a study in Blueprints
by Duane D. Borchers, Sr.
BK-028 $60.00
(Foreign $90.00)(11"x17" soft cover
soft cover book of engineering
drawings, 72 pages)
Ships of class: USS Childs (AVD-1)(DD-241)(AVP-14),
USS Williamson (AVD-2)(DD-244)(AVP-15), USS George E. Badger
(AVD-3)(DD-196)(CG-16)(AVP-16)(APD-33), USS Clemson
(AVD-4)(DD-186)(AVP-17)(APD-31), USS Goldsborough
(AVD-5)(DD-188)(AVP-18)(APD-32), USS Hulbert
(AVD-6)(DD-342)(AVP-19), USS William B. Preston (AVD-7)(DD-344)(AVP-20),
USS Belknap
(AVD-8)(DD-251)(APD-34), USS Osmond
Ingram (AVD-9)(DD-255)(APD-35), USS Ballard (AVD-10)(DD-267),
USS Thornton (AVD-11)(DD-270), USS Gillis (AD-12)(DD-260),
USS Greene (AVD-13)(DD-266)(APD-36), and USS McFarland
(AVD-14)(DD-237).
List of Blueprints
|
Title |
Vessel |
Date of Document |
Scale |
Page |
|
Booklet of general plans: Outboard profile; inboard profile and main deck. |
Ballard |
July 26, 1941 |
1/16" |
20-23 |
|
Booklet of general plans: Inboard profile; main deck; frames 28, 43, 60, 74, 126 & 162; top of after deck house; 20mm gun clipping room & platform; gun platform; bridge deck; signal bridge; forward search light platform; hold; 1st and 2nd platform decks. |
Belknap |
April 17, 1943 |
1/16" |
24-32 |
|
Inboard profile. |
do. |
Feb. 19, 1941 |
1/9" |
33-34 |
|
Body. |
do. |
June 28, 1920 |
1/4" |
35 |
|
Outboard profile. |
Clemson |
July 15, 1946 |
1/16" |
36-37 |
|
Inboard profile. |
do. |
do. |
1/16" |
38-39 |
|
After body. |
do. |
May 3, 1921 |
1/4" |
40 |
|
Sections: At frames 33, 75, 94, 74 and 133. |
George E. Badger |
July 26, 1941 |
1/4" |
41-42 |
|
Booklet of general plans: Outboard profile; inboard profile; main deck, 1st platform deck, top of after deck house; gun platform, bridge deck, signal bridge and 2nd platform deck. |
Gillis |
May 30, 1944 |
1/16" |
43-48 |
|
Inboard profile. |
Goldsborough |
July 15, 1946 |
1/4" |
49-50 |
|
Cross sections at frames 33, 74, 75, 94, 74 and 133. |
Goldsborough |
do. |
do. |
51-52 |
|
Outboard profile. |
Osmond Ingram |
Feb. 18, 1941 |
1/16" |
53-54 |
|
Booklet of general plans: Outboard profile; main deck, inboard profile, sections at frames 28, 43, 60, 74, 91, 126 and 162; top of after deck house; aft searchlight platform, gun platforms, bridge deck, signal bridge and forward searchlight platform. |
do. |
Feb. 18, 1941 |
1/16" |
55-61 |
|
Inboard profile. |
Thornton |
Jan. 1, 1943 |
do. |
62-63 |
|
Outboard fittings. |
do. |
do. |
do. |
64-65 |