World War II
American Cruisers
Oregon City (CA-122) class
A Study in Blueprints
by
Duane D. Borchers, Sr.
BK-122 $75.00 (Foreign,
$105.00)(11"x17", soft cover, 170 pages)
Ships of class: USS Oregon City (CA-122), USS Albany (CA-123)(CG-10),
USS Rochester (CA-124), USS Northampton (CA-125)(CLC-1),
USS Cambridge (CA-126), USS Bridgeport (CA-127), USS
Kansas City (CA-128), USS Tulsa (CA-129), USS Norfolk
(CA-137) and USS Scranton (CA-138).
List of Blueprints
|
Title |
Shipyard & Vessel |
Date of |
Scale |
Page |
|
Inboard profile, |
Bethlehem Steel Co. |
Oct. 29, 1946 and corrected to Aug. 29, 1958 by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard |
1/32" |
9-10 |
|
Outboard profile, |
do. |
|
do. |
11-12 |
|
Main & 2nd decks, |
do. |
|
do. |
13-14 |
|
1st & 2nd levels & bridges, |
do. |
|
do. |
15-16 |
|
3rd deck & 1st platform, |
do. |
|
do. |
17-18 |
|
2nd platform & hold, |
do. |
|
do. |
19-20 |
|
Inner bottom, |
do. |
|
do. |
21 |
|
Sections, frames 6, 30, 46, 78 & 87, |
do. |
|
1/8" |
22-23 |
|
Sections, frames 112, 130, 158 & 162, |
do. |
|
do. |
24-25 |
|
Title |
Shipyard & Vessel |
Date of |
Page |
|
Outboard profile, |
Bethlehem Steel Co. |
May 17, 1948 |
26-28 |
|
Inboard & outboard profile, |
do. |
April 30, 1946 |
29 |
|
Bridges, 1st & 2nd levels, main deck, |
do. |
do. |
30 |
|
Faired lines, |
do. |
Mar. 30, 1943 |
31-35 |
|
Body plan, forward, |
do. |
Sept. 13, 1944 |
36-37 |
|
Body plan, aft, |
do. |
Oct. 8, 1944 |
38-39 |
|
Sections, frames 6, 30, 46, 78 & 87, |
do. |
April 30, 1946 |
40-41 |
|
Sections, forward, frames 6, 13, 22, 30, 46, 59 & 71, |
do. |
Feb. 18, 1946 |
42-43 |
|
Sections, aft, frames 112, 117, 130, 138, 146, 158 & 162, |
do. |
Jan. 21, 1946 |
44-46 |
|
Midship sections, frames 78 & 87, |
do. |
Feb. 18, 1946 |
47 |
|
Outline of stem, |
do. |
- |
48 |
|
Outline of stern, |
do. |
- |
49 |
|
Bow plating, |
do. |
Dec. 14, 1943 |
50-52 |
|
Docking plan, |
do. |
Oct. 11, 1945 |
53-57 |
|
Outside plating, stem to frame 65, |
do. |
Jan. 8, 1946 |
58-60 |
|
Outside plating, frame 65 to 115, |
do. |
Apr. 26, 1945 |
61-63 |
|
Outside plating, frame 115 to stern, |
do. |
Dec. 12, 1942 |
64-66 |
|
1st & 2nd levels, |
do. |
Mar. 22, 1946 |
67-70 |
|
Main deck, |
do. |
- |
71-75 |
|
2nd deck, |
do. |
Mar. 25, 1946 |
76-80 |
|
3rd deck, |
do. |
do. |
81-85 |
|
1st platform, |
do. |
May 25, 1946 |
86-90 |
|
2nd platform, |
do. |
June 5, 1946 |
91-95 |
|
Hold, |
do. |
Oct. 9, 1945 |
96-100 |
|
Main deck plating, stem to frame 65, |
do. |
Oct. 26, 1945 |
101-103 |
|
Main deck plating, frame 65 to 115, |
do. |
May 22, 1946 |
104-106 |
|
Main deck plating, frame 115 to stern, |
do. |
May 13, 1948 |
107-109 |
|
1st superstructure deck plating, frame 95-114, |
do. |
Feb. 21, 1946 |
110-111 |
|
1st level, 1st superstructure deck, plating, |
|
Nov. 27, 1945 |
112-114 |
|
2nd level, superstructure deck, plating, |
do. |
Apr. 11, 1946 |
115-116 |
|
2nd level, superstructure deck plating & shields, frame 95-116, |
do. |
June 30, 1946 |
117-118 |
|
Foundations for airplane crane, machinery, op. gear, storage tank & fleeting sheave, sheet #2, |
do. |
Sept. 8, 1942 |
119-121 |
|
Foundation for smoke screen generators, |
do. |
Jan. 7, 1945 |
122-123 |
|
Foundation for windless & power plant, sheet #2, |
do. |
Mar. 19, 1945 |
124-126 |
|
Shell doublers in way of shaft struts, |
do. |
Nov. 18, 1942 |
127-128 |
|
Arrg=t., of propulsion turbines, reduction gear & main condenser, |
do. |
- |
129 |
|
S.T.S. foundation for forward main & secondary battery directors, |
do. |
Jan. 4, 1946 |
130-131 |
|
Foundations & shields for 20/mm guns forward of frame 90, |
do. |
May 7, 1945 |
132-133 |
|
Foundations & shields for 20/mm guns aft frame 90, |
do. |
June 26, 1946 |
134-136 |
|
Foundations & shields for 40-/mm gun & directors, frame 10 to 24 on main deck, |
do. |
Jan. 21, 1946 |
137-138 |
|
Foundations & shields for 40/mm guns, frame 49 through 54, & directiors frame 55 through 57 on main deck, |
do. |
Mar. 16, 1944 |
139-140 |
|
Foundations & shields for 40/mm guns, main deck, frames 75-79 1/2, |
do. |
Nov. 23, 1945 |
141-143 |
|
Foundations & shields for 40/mm guns, frame 86-90, p&s, |
do. |
May 7, 1946 |
144-146 |
|
Foundations, shields and wiring tubes for 40/mm directors, frame 89-97, above main deck, |
do. |
Jan. 14, 1946 |
147-149 |
|
Foundations & shields for 40/mm guns, frame 97-101 1/2, |
do. |
Feb. 22, 1944 |
150-152 |
|
Foundations & shields for 40/mm guns, frame 112-117, on main deck, |
do. |
Nov. 9, 1945 |
153-154 |
|
Foundations & shields for 40/mm twin mounts & directors on main deck, frame 161, |
do. |
1945 |
155-157 |
|
5" foundation & handling, mounts 1, 2 & 3, |
do. |
Sept. 18, 1945 |
158-160 |
|
5" foundation & handling rooms, mounts 5 & 6, |
do. |
Mar. 17, 1946 |
161-164 |
|
Foundation for turret No. 1, |
do. |
Feb. 13, 1945 |
165-166 |
|
Foundation for turret No. 2, |
do. |
Sept. 13, 1945 |
167-168 |
|
Foundation for turret No. 3, |
do. |
do. |
169-170 |