World War II
American Battleships
North Carolina class
A Study in Blueprints
by Duane D. Borchers, Sr.
BK-114 $75.00 (Foreign,
$105.00)(11"x17", soft cover, 152 pages)
Ships of class: USS North Carolina (BB-55) and USS Washington
(BB-56).
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Title |
Shipyard & Vessel |
Date of |
Page |
|
Inboard profile and outboard profile, |
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard |
1944 |
13-14 |
|
Cross sections at frames 11, 372,
|
do. |
do. |
15-16 |
|
Faired lines, fwd., |
New York Navy Yard |
May 1938 |
17-19 |
|
Faired lines, aft, |
do. |
May 26, 1939 |
20-22 |
|
Body plan, |
do. |
do. |
22-24 |
|
Body plan, fwd., |
do. |
Aug. 5, 1939 |
25-26 |
|
Body plan, aft, |
do. |
Sept. 9, 1939 |
27-28 |
|
Outboard fittings, plan view, |
do. |
Aug. 21, 1941 |
29-31 |
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Rail & awning stanchions, arrg=t., |
do. |
Apr. 21, 1939 |
32-36 |
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Rail & awning stanchions arrg=t., |
do. |
Aug. 21, 1941 |
37-38 |
|
Rail & awning stanchions, main deck, |
do. |
Aug. 23, 1941 |
39-40 |
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Rail & awning stanchions, main deck, |
do. |
do. |
41-42 |
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Rail & stanchions around turret #2 on |
do. |
Aug. 21, 1941 |
43-44 |
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Arrg=t., of bitts & chocks, |
do. |
Nov. 1, 1941 |
45-46 |
|
Ship in Panama Canal, plan view, |
do. |
Sept. 22, 1941 |
47-49 |
|
Ship in Panama Canal, sections, |
do. |
do. |
50-51 |
|
Plating, superstructure deck, |
do. |
Aug. 8, 1939 |
52-55 |
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Plating, Admirals platform, |
do. |
June 13, 1939 |
56-58 |
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Plating, 1st level above superstructure |
do. |
- |
59-61 |
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Plating, 2nd level above superstructure |
do. |
May 31, 1939 |
62-64 |
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Main deck plating, stem to frame 37, |
do. |
May 8, 1939 |
65-67 |
|
Main deck plating, frame 92 to148, |
do. |
July 22, 19328 |
68-70 |
|
Main deck plating, frame 147 to stern, |
do. |
Mar. 29, 1939 |
71-73 |
|
Main deck girders & headers frame 32 |
do. |
Jan. 29, 1939 |
74-76 |
|
Holes in main deck plating, frame 36 |
do. |
Aug. 16, 1947 |
77-78 |
|
Holes in main deck plating, frame 92 |
do. |
Feb. 1, 1941 |
79-80 |
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Holes in 2nd deck plating, frame 37 to |
do. |
Feb. 4, 1941 |
81-82 |
|
Shell plating above armor shelf, frame |
do. |
Jan. 27, 1938 |
83-85 |
|
Shell plating, strake AA@
to AE@,
frame |
do. |
Nov. 23, 1937 |
86-88 |
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Shell plating above stringer #5, stem to |
do. |
Aug. 16,1938 |
89-91 |
|
Shell plating, below stringer #5, stem |
do. |
1938 |
92-94 |
|
Shell plating below armor shelf, frame |
do. |
Jan. 20, 1938 |
95-97 |
|
Deck house on 1st level above |
do. |
Apr. 18, 1941 |
98 |
|
Deck house on flag & signal bridge, |
do. |
Apr. 12, 1941 |
99-100 |
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Deck house, main deck between frame |
do. |
1939 |
101-103 |
|
Deck house, main deck between frame
|
do. |
May 26, 1939 |
104-106 |
|
Deck house, aft, frame 115 to 129, |
do. |
July 28, 1939 |
107-109 |
|
Deck house, superstructure deck, |
do. |
June 6, 1939 |
110-112 |
|
Deck house between frame 95 & 98 on |
do. |
Aug. 1, 1939 |
113-114 |
|
Deck house 2nd to 3rd level above |
do. |
July 28, 1939 |
115-117 |
|
Life lines & stanchions, (billboard for |
do. |
May 6, 1941 |
118 |
|
Handrails in & outside pilot house, |
do. |
do. |
119 |
|
Bow chocks, |
do. |
Oct. 22, 1941 |
120-121 |
|
Stern chocks, |
do. |
Oct. 24, 1941 |
122-123 |
|
Hawse pipes, |
do. |
Aug. 13, 1941 |
124-126 |
|
Breakwater on main deck, fwd., |
do. |
Apr. 25, 1939 |
127-128 |
|
Docking keel frame 1362 to 146, |
do. |
Mar. 4, 1938 |
129-131 |
|
Chart showing construction groups, |
do. |
July 27, 1939 |
132-133 |
|
Booklet: #6 - stem profile, waterline |
- |
- |
134 |
|
Booklet: #7 - stern profile, buttock |
- |
- |
135 |
|
Booklet: #8 - Midship section, |
- |
- |
136 |
|
Booklet: #9 - Top of blister, |
- |
- |
137 |
|
Booklet: #25 - sketch showing radii at |
- |
- |
138 |
|
Booklet: #30 - radii at top of tunnel & |
- |
- |
139 |
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Booklet: #93 - superstructure deck, |
- |
- |
140 |
|
Booklet: #94 - Admirals platform & |
- |
- |
141 |
|
Booklet: #95 - flag & signal bridge & |
- |
- |
142 |
|
Booklet: #96 - navigating bridge & top |
- |
- |
143 |
|
Booklet: #97 - tower above top of pilot |
- |
- |
144 |
|
Booklet: #98 - secondary battery |
- |
- |
145 |
|
Booklet: #99 - first level above |
- |
- |
146 |
|
Booklet: #100 - second & third level |
- |
- |
147 |
|
Machine gun platform at level of |
New York Navy Yard |
Sept. 6, 1939 |
148-150 |
|
16"/45 cal - 3 gun turrets, turret & |
do. |
Dec. 2, 1941 |
151-152 |