Fourteen designs for gunboats and patrol vessels and one design for a minesweeper are included in the total of 211 drawings in the 1911-1925 "Spring Styles" Book. The gunboat designs include two designs for classical cruising gunboats, in effect small cruisers, and eight post-World War I designs for a new class of shallow draught gunboats for operations along Chinese rivers. There are four designs for small anti-submarine warfare patrol vessels, developed during World War I in response to the threat from German submarines. Finally, there is one drawing of a seagoing minesweeper that appears to represent the design selected for construction of the numerous Lapwing (or so-called "Bird" class) vessels of 1917.
This page features those 1911-1925 Bureau of Ships "Spring Styles" plans that concern patrol and mine warfare vessels.
For general information on this album, see:
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--One proposed design for a gunboat, not selected for construction:
--One proposed design for the Gunboat Tulsa:
--Seven proposed designs for River Gunboats for Chinese waters, none of which were selected for construction:
--The preliminary design selected as a basis for construction of the Guam, Luzon, and Panay class River Gunboats:
--Two proposed designs for the "Eagle" class Submarine Chasers:
--Two proposed designs for a 123-foot Submarine Chaser, not selected for construction:
--One drawing illustrating the Lapwing class Minesweeper design:
For general information on this album, see:
Page made 31 August 2011