World War I & II
American Battleships
New Mexico class
A Study in Blueprints
by Duane Borchers, Sr.
BK-119 $75.00 (Foreign,
$105.00)(11"x17", soft cover, 134 pages)
Ships of class: USS New Mexico, ex-California
(BB-40), USS Mississippi (BB-41) and USS Idaho
(BB-42)
List of Blueprints
|
Title |
Shipyard & Vessel |
Date of |
Page |
|
Outboard profile, |
Navy Dept. |
July 29, 1914 |
15-16 |
|
Superstructure, upper deck & bridges, |
do. |
do. |
17 |
|
Sections 3, 7, 11, 17, 22, 24, 34, 40, 54, 58, 76, 82, 86, 95, 101, 106, 112, 118, 124, 129, 137, 142 & 147, |
do. |
do. |
18-19 |
|
Traces of decks, longitudinals, etc., |
do. |
do. |
20 |
|
Outboard profile, |
Norfolk Navy Ship Yard |
Dec. 30, 1944 |
21-22 |
|
Inboard profile, |
do. |
do. |
23-24 |
|
Main deck, |
do. |
do. |
25-26 |
|
Upper, superstructure decks, bridges |
do. |
do. |
27-28 |
|
Berthing & messing, 2nd deck, |
do. |
Feb. 17, 1936 |
29-33 |
|
Berthing & messing, main deck, |
do. |
do. |
34-36 |
|
Berthing & messing, upper deck & |
do. |
do. |
37-38 |
|
Tightness - compartment testing, hold |
do. |
Feb. 10, 1936 |
39-41 |
|
Tightness - compartment testing, 1st & |
do. |
- |
42-44 |
|
Tightness - compartment testing, 3rd & |
do. |
do. |
45-47 |
|
Tightness - compartment testing, 2nd |
do. |
do. |
48-50 |
|
Tightness - compartment testing, main & upper deck, |
do. |
do. |
51-53 |
|
Tightness - compartment testing, |
do. |
Feb. 10, 1936 |
54-55 |
|
Ventilation, profile, |
do. |
Feb. 17m 1936 |
56-59 |
|
Ventilation, weather decks, main & |
do. |
do. |
60-63 |
|
Ventilation, superstructure deck, |
do. |
do. |
64-65 |
|
Fire systems & flushing, elevation, |
do. |
Mar. 11, 1936 |
66-69 |
|
Fire main & flushing system, main |
do. |
do. |
70-73 |
|
Drains from fire control platforms & |
do. |
Feb. 17, 1936 |
74-76 |
|
Blister shell plating, |
do. |
Dec. 15, 1931 |
77-79 |
|
Plate I, flooding effect diagram, |
Navy Dept. |
May 1940 |
80-81 |
|
Plate I-A, cross sections, diagrams, |
Puget Sound Navy Yard |
April 1937 |
82-84 |
|
Plate II, damage control, main, |
Navy Dept. |
Feb. 1935 |
85-86 |
|
Plate III, damage control, 2nd, 3rd
& |
do. |
do. |
87-89 |
|
Plate IV, damage control, 1st & 2nd platforms, |
Norfolk Navy Ship Yard |
do. |
90-92 |
|
Plate V, damage control, hold & inner bottom, |
do. |
Feb. 1935 |
93-95 |
|
Smoke stack guys, |
- |
Dec., 1918 |
96 |
|
Smoke pipe, details, |
- |
- |
97 |
|
Towing, arrangement, |
Norfolk Navy Ship Yard |
Apr. 24, 1935 |
98-99 |
|
Paravane gear, general arrangement, |
do. |
Aug. 30, 1934 |
100-101 |
|
Stern airplane crane, general arrangement, |
do. |
Feb. 17, 1936 |
102-104 |
|
Boat crane, general arrangement, |
do. |
do. |
105-107 |
|
Boat stowage & handling, |
do. |
Feb. 10, 1936 |
108-110 |
|
Signaling facilities, |
Norfolk Navy Ship Yard |
Mar. 20, 1934 |
111-113 |
|
Arrangement of armor, |
Norfolk Navy Ship Yard |
- |
114-115 |
|
Ammunition handling, inboard |
do. |
Feb. 17, 1936 |
116-118 |
|
Ammunition handling, main, upper, |
do. |
do. |
119-121 |
|
14" turrets, general arrangement, plan |
do. |
Mar. 26, 1936 |
122-123 |
|
14" turrets, general arrangement, |
do. |
do. |
124-125 |
|
14" turrets, general arrangement at |
do. |
do. |
126-127 |
|
14" turrets, general arrangement, plan |
do. |
do. |
128 |
|
14" turrets, general arrangement |
do. |
Mar. 26, 1936 |
129 |
|
14" turrets, general arrangement, plan |
do. |
do. |
130 |
|
Ventilation turrets 1, 2, 3 & 4, |
do. |
Feb. 17, 1936 |
131-134 |