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UNITED STATES NAVY DEPARTMENT
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR
"SPRING STYLES," 1911-1925

Online Library of Selected Images -- Photo Albums

Bureau of Ships' "Spring Styles" Book # 1 (1911-1925) -- (Naval Historical Center Lot # S-584) --
Presented by Drawing Number

The 216 individual ship "preliminary design" plans in this album are presented on this page in order by their drawing number. Whole numbers range from 1 through 211, with five drawings numbered in subdivisions of those numbers.

For general information on this album, see:

• Bureau of Ships' "Spring Styles" Book # 1 (1911-1925) -- General Description.

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The drawings included in this album are:

• S-584-001: "Proposed B.S. [Battleship] # 36" - Scheme "A". Plan dated 4 March 1911 for a 27,000 ton ship with a main battery of eight 14-inch guns in four twin turrets and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the Nevada (Battleship # 36) class battleships.
  
• S-584-002: "Heavy Armor Type Battleship" - Scheme "G". Plan dated 4 March 1911 for 38,000 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 14-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 23 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the Nevada (Battleship # 36) class battleships.
  
• S-584-003: "Heavy Armor Type Battleship" - Scheme "E". Plan dated 8 March 1911 for a 32,800 ton ship with a main battery of eight 14-inch guns in four twin turrets and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the Nevada (Battleship # 36) class battleships.
  
• S-584-004: "Heavy Armor Type Battleship" - Scheme "F". Plan dated 9 March 1911 for a 30,200 ton ship with a main battery of eight 14-inch guns in four twin turrets and a maximum speed of 19 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the Nevada (Battleship # 36) class battleships.
  
• S-584-005: "Proposed B. S. [Battleship] # 36" - Scheme "C". Plan dated 11 March 1911 for a 27,000 ton ship with a main battery of ten 14-inch guns in two twin and two triple turrets and a maximum speed of 20.5 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the Nevada (Battleship # 36) class battleships.
  
  
• S-584-006: "Proposed B. S. [Battleship] # 36" - Scheme "B". Plan dated 20 March 1911 for a 27,500 ton ship with a main battery of nine 14-inch guns in three triple turrets and a maximum speed of 20 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the Nevada (Battleship # 36) class battleships.
  
• S-584-007: "Proposed B. S. [Battleship] # 36" - Scheme "D". Plan dated 18 April 1911 for a 35,000 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 14-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 20 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the Nevada (Battleship # 36) class battleships.
  
• S-584-008: Untitled Drawing Showing Estimates of Battleship Stability under Selected Damage Conditions. Plan is undated but probably dates from about 1911 and shows what appears to be a Delaware (Battleship # 28) class battleship. The drawing shows the extent of change in trim resulting from flooding of underwater spaces forward under different circumstances.
  
• S-584-009: "Battleships Nos.36 and 37". Plan dated 13 November 1911 for a 27,500 ton ship with a main battery of ten 14-inch guns in two twin and two triple turrets and a maximum speed of 20.5 knots. This plan shows the final design selected for the Nevada (Battleship # 36) class battleships.
  
• S-584-010: "Proposed B. S. [Battleship] Nos. 38 & 39" - Scheme "G". Plan dated 14 February 1912 for a 31,300 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 14-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the Pennsylvania (Battleship # 38) class battleships.
  
  
• S-584-011: "Proposed B. S. [Battleship] Nos. 38 & 39" - Scheme "I". Plan dated 28 February 1912 for a 31,300 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 14-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 20.5 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the Pennsylvania (Battleship # 38) class battleships.
  
• S-584-012: "Proposed B. S. [Battleship] Nos. 38 & 39" - Scheme "J". Plan dated 28 February 1912 for a 30,100 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 14-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 20.5 knots. This plan represents a preliminary design for the Pennsylvania (Battleship # 38) class battleships.
  
• S-584-013: "Proposed B. S. [Battleship] Nos. 38 & 39" - Scheme "K". Plan dated 1 March 1912 for 30,800 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 14-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 20.5 knots. This plan represents a preliminary design for the Pennsylvania (Battleship # 38) class battleships.
  
• S-584-014: "Data Relative to Schemes for Battleship 1913 Program." Untitled Tabular Data on Designs for Battleships for the Fiscal Year 1913 Shipbuilding Program. Plan dated 2 March 1912, providing tabular data concerning four alternative preliminary designs for the Pennsylvania (Battleship # 38) class battleships.
  
• S-584-015: Untitled Tabular Data on Designs for Battleships for the Fiscal Year 1913 Shipbuilding Program. Plan dated 11 March 1912, providing tabular data concerning four alternative preliminary designs for the Pennsylvania (Battleship # 38) class battleships.
  
  
• S-584-016: "Proposed B. S. [Battleship] Nos. 38 & 39" - Scheme "L". Plan dated 16 March 1912 for a 31,000 ton ship with a main battery of eight 15-inch guns in four twin turrets and a maximum speed of 20.5 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the Pennsylvania (Battleship # 38) class battleships.
  
• S-584-017: "Proposed B. S. [Battleship] Nos. 38 & 39" - Scheme "M". Plan dated 23 March 1912 for a 30,800 ton ship with a main battery of eight 15-inch guns in four twin turrets and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the Pennsylvania (Battleship # 38) class battleships.
  
• S-584-018: "Proposed Battleship - "Possible". Plan dated 25 March 1912 for a 48,000 ton ship with a main battery of ten 16-inch guns in five twin turrets and a maximum speed of 22 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for a technically "possible" but radical new design concept for battleship construction, not selected for construction.
  
• S-584-019: Proposed Torpedo Battleship - May 24, 1912. A drawing of a 30,000 ton ship with a main battery of six 14-inch guns in two triple turrets and carrying eight submerged torpedo tubes and having a maximum speed of 27 knots.
  
• S-584-020: Proposed Torpedo Battleship - May 31, 1912. A drawing of a 30,000 ton ship with a main battery of three 14-inch guns in one triple turret and carrying 12 submerged torpedo tubes and having a maximum speed of 27 knots.
  
  
• S-584-021: Proposed Torpedo Battleship - May 31, 1912. A drawing of a 30,000 ton ship with no large caliber guns but carrying 18 submerged torpedo tubes and having a maximum speed of 27 knots.
  
• S-584-022: Proposed Torpedo Battleship - August 15, 1912. A drawing of a 35,500 ton ship with a main battery of four 14-inch guns in a single quadruple turret and carrying 16 submerged torpedo tubes and having a maximum speed of 30 knots.
  
• S-584-023: "Proposed B. S. [Battleship] 38". Plan dated 24 August 1912 for a 31,400 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 14-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a near final design for the Pennsylvania (Battleship # 38) class battleships.
  
• S-584-024: Preliminary Design Plan for a Battle Cruiser - October 12, 1912. Drawing of a 42,250 ton ship with a main battery of eight 14-inch guns in four twin turrets and a maximum speed of 29 knots. This design was considered for inclusion in the Fiscal Year 1914 building program but dropped in favor of a battleship.
  
• S-584-025: Proposed Destroyer - Oct. 15. 1912. Drawing of a 2,160 ton ship with a main battery of four 4-inch guns and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This concept was abandoned in favor of continued construction of ships having a displacement of about 1,000 tons.
  
  
• S-584-026: Proposed Destroyer - Jan. 14, 1913. Drawing of a 1,090 ton ship with a main battery of four 4-inch guns and a maximum speed of 29.5 knots. This plan represents the design chosen for the O'Brien (Destroyer # 51) class.
  
• S-584-027: Proposed Battleship. Plan dated 14 February 1913 for a 50,000 ton ship with a main battery of eight 16-inch guns in four twin turrets and a maximum speed of 25 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for a fast battleship armed with 16-in. guns, a design not selected for construction.
  
• S-584-028: Battleships "B.S. 34 & 35". Plan dated 1 April 1913, representing the final design selected for the New York (Battleship # 34) class battleships.
  
• S-584-029: Proposed Battleship. Plan dated 16 April 1913 for a 47,000 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 14-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 25 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for a fast battleship armed with 14-in. guns, a design not selected for construction.
  
• S-584-030: Proposed Battleship. Plan dated 17 May 1913 for a 36,500 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 14-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 22 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for a battleship design concept not selected for construction.
  
• S-584-030-A: Proposed Battleship. Plan dated 17 May 1913 for a 36,500 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 14-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 22 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for a battleship design concept not selected for construction. This drawing is the same as S-584-030 except that a weights table is summarized in nine categories rather than eleven.
  
  
• S-584-031: "Proposed Battleship # 40" - Design # 4. Plan dated 8 October 1913 for a 31,000 ton ship with a main battery of eight 16-inch guns in four twin turrets and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the New Mexico (Battleship # 40) class battleships.
  
• S-584-031-A: "Proposed Battleship # 40" - Design # 2. Plan dated 8 October 1913 for a 35,500 ton ship with a main battery of ten 16-inch guns in five twin turrets and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the New Mexico (Battleship # 40) class battleships. Weight summary data are not provided for this design.
  
• S-584-032: "Proposed Battleship # 40" - Design # 3. Plan dated 8 October 1913 for a 35,500 ton ship with a main battery of eight 16-inch guns in four twin turrets and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the New Mexico (Battleship # 40) class battleships.
  
• S-584-033: "Proposed Battleship # 40" - Design # 5. Plan dated 8 October 1913 for a 35,500 ton ship with a main battery of six 16-inch guns in three twin turrets and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the New Mexico (Battleship # 40) class battleships.
  
• S-584-034: "Proposed Battleship # 40" - Design # 6. Plan dated 10 October 1913 for a 31,000 ton ship with a main battery of six 16-inch guns in three twin turrets and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the New Mexico (Battleship # 40) class battleships.
  
• S-584-035: "Proposed Battleship # 40" - Design # 1. Plan dated 13 October 1913 for a 39,500 ton ship with a main battery of ten 16-inch guns and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the New Mexico (Battleship # 40) class battleships.
  
  
• S-584-036: "Proposed Battleship # 40". Plan dated 24 October 1913 for a 31,400 ton ship with a main battery of eight 16-inch guns and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the New Mexico (Battleship # 40) class battleships, apparently a variant of Design # 4 (see Photo # S-584-031) modified to carry 6-inch rather than 5-inch secondary battery guns.
  
• S-584-037: "Proposed Battleship # 40". Plan dated 29 October 1913 for a 34,300 ton ship with a main battery of eight 16-inch guns in four twin turrets and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the New Mexico (Battleship # 40) class battleships, apparently a variant of the design with 6-inch secondary battery guns (see Photo # S-584-036) further modified by having heavier armor.
  
• S-584-038: "Proposed Battleship # 40". Plan dated 3 November 1913 for a 29,500 ton ship with a main battery of eight 14-inch guns and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the New Mexico (Battleship # 40) class battleships, apparently a modified version of the Pennsylvania (Battleship # 38, see Photo # S-584-041) with reduced main armament.
  
• S-584-039: "Proposed Battleship # 40". Plan dated 10 November 1913 for a 36,000 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 14-inch guns in independent sleeves and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the New Mexico (Battleship # 40) class battleships, apparently a modified version of the Pennsylvania (Battleship # 38, see Photo # S-584-041) with thicker armor protection and a stronger secondary gun battery.
  
• S-584-040: "Proposed Battleship # 40". Preliminary Design No.101 dated 19 November 1913 for a 33,200 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 14-inch guns in independent sleeves and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the New Mexico (Battleship # 40) class battleships, apparently a modified version of the Pennsylvania (Battleship # 38, see Photo # S-584-041) with increased armor protection.
  
  
• S-584-041: Battleship Pennsylvania (Battleship # 38). Preliminary Design No.102 dated 21 November 1913 for a 31,400 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 14-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented the final design selected for the Pennsylvania (Battleship # 38) class battleships and is very similar to the preceding drawing for this ship (Photo # S-584-023).
  
• S-584-042: "Proposed Battleship # 40". Preliminary Design No.103 dated 13 December 1913 for a 33,700 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 14-inch guns in six twin turrets and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the New Mexico (Battleship # 40) class battleships, apparently a modified version of the Pennsylvania (Battleship # 38, see Photo # S-584-041) with increased armor protection.
  
• S-584-043: "Proposed Battleship # 40". Preliminary Design No.104 dated 8 January 1914 for a 32,400 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 14-inch guns and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the New Mexico (Battleship # 40) class battleships, apparently a modified version of the Pennsylvania (Battleship # 38, see Photo # S-584-041) with the main battery turret guns in three separate, independent sleeves, rather than in one common sleeve elevated and depressed together.
• S-584-044: "Proposed Battleship # 40". Preliminary Design No.105 dated 13 January 1914 for a 32,000 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 14-inch guns and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented the final design selected for construction of the New Mexico (Battleship # 40) class battleships.
  
• S-584-045: Destroyers # 63-70 - Jan. 21, 1914. Preliminary Design No.107 for a 1,150 ton ship with a main battery of four 4-inch guns and a maximum speed of 29.5 knots. This plan represents the design chosen for the Sampson (Destroyer # 63) class.
  
  
• S-584-046: Drawing of a 7,500 ton ship carrying a main battery of eight 6-inch guns in single mounts and a maximum speed of 28 knots. This design study, Preliminary Design No.106, did not result in selection of a plan for construction.
  
• S-584-047: "Battleship 1916". Preliminary Design No.109 dated 4 October 1914 for a 32,000 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 14-inch guns and a maximum speed of 20.5 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design of a battleship for construction in Fiscal Year 1916 that became the Tennessee (Battleship # 43) class battleships.
  
• S-584-048: "Battleship 1916". Preliminary Design No.108 dated 28 October 1914 for a 31,400 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 14-inch guns and a maximum speed of 20.5 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design of a battleship for construction in Fiscal Year 1916 that became the Tennessee (Battleship # 43) class battleships.
  
• S-584-049: Preliminary Design Plan for a Hospital Ship - February 1915. Preliminary Design No.110 for a 10,000 ton ship with no gun armament and a maximum speed of 14 knots. This plan was used for construction of the Relief (Hospital Ship # 1).
  
• S-584-050: Preliminary Design No.112 for a Scout Cruiser - April 1915. Drawing of a 10,500 ton ship with a main battery of ten 6-inch guns in single mounts and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was the first of a set of 31 preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. No ship was built to any of these designs.
  
  
• S-584-051: Preliminary Design No.113 for a Scout Cruiser - April 1915. Drawing of a 10,500 ton ship with a main battery of ten 6-inch guns in single mounts and a maximum speed of 32.5 knots. This plan was the second of a set of 31 preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. No ship was built to any of these designs.
  
• S-584-052: Preliminary Design No.114 for a Scout Cruiser - April 1915. Drawing of a 12,600 ton ship with a main battery of ten 6-inch guns in single mounts and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was the third of a set of 31 preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. No ship was built to any of these designs.
  
• S-584-053: Preliminary Design No.115 for a Scout Cruiser - April 1915. Drawing of a 12,600 ton ship with a main battery of four 12-inch guns in two twin mountings and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was the fourth of a set of 31 preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. No ship was built to any of these designs.
  
• S-584-054: Preliminary Design No.116 for a Scout Cruiser - April 1915. Drawing of a 13,750 ton ship with a main battery of ten 6-inch guns in single mounts and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was the fifth of a set of 31 preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. No ship was built to any of these designs.
  
• S-584-055: Preliminary Design No.117 for a Scout Cruiser - April 1915. Drawing of a 17,650 ton ship with a main battery of ten 6-inch guns in single mounts and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was the sixth of a set of 31 preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. No ship was built to any of these designs.
  
  
• S-584-056: Preliminary Design No.118 for a Scout Cruiser - April 1915. Drawing of a 14,350 ton ship with a main battery of four 12-inch guns in two twin turrets and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was the seventh of a set of 31 preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. No ship was built to any of these designs.
  
• S-584-057: Preliminary Design No.119 for a Scout Cruiser - April 1915. Drawing of a 18,200 ton ship with a main battery of four 12-inch guns in two twin turrets and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was the eighth of a set of 31 preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. No ship was built to any of these designs.
  
• S-584-058: Preliminary Design No.120 for a Scout Cruiser - April 1915. Drawing of a 22,850 ton ship with a main battery of four 12-inch guns in two twin turrets and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was the ninth of a set of 31 preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. No ship was built to any of these designs.
  
• S-584-059: Preliminary Design No.122 for a Scout Cruiser - April 1915. Drawing of a 16,250 ton ship with a main battery of two 14-inch guns in one twin turret forward and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was one of a set of 31 preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. No ship was built to any of these designs.
  
• S-584-060: Preliminary Design No.123 for a Scout Cruiser - April 1915. Drawing of a 20,500 ton ship with a main battery of two 14-inch guns in one twin turret forward and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was one of a set of 31 preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. No ship was built to any of these designs.
  
  
• S-584-061: Preliminary Design No.124 for a Scout Cruiser - April 1915. Drawing of a 15,500 ton ship with a main battery of four 14-inch guns in two twin turrets and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was one of a set of 31 preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. No ship was built to any of these designs.
  
• S-584-062: Preliminary Design No.125 for a Scout Cruiser - April 1915. Drawing of a 19,500 ton ship with a main battery of four 14-inch guns in two twin turrets and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was one of a set of 31 preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. No ship was built to any of these designs.
  
• S-584-063: Preliminary Design No.126 for a Scout Cruiser - April 26, 1915. Drawing of a 25,000 ton ship with a main battery of four 14-inch guns in two twin turrets and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was one of a set of 31 preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. No ship was built to any of these designs.
  
• S-584-064: Preliminary Design No.127 for a Scout Cruiser - May 1, 1915. Drawing of a 13,000 ton ship with a main battery of two 14-inch guns in two single turrets and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was one of a set of 31 preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. No ship was built to any of these designs.
  
• S-584-065: Preliminary Design No.135 for a Scout Cruiser - May 29, 1915. Drawing of a 16,000 ton ship with a main battery of four 16-inch guns in two twin turrets and a maximum speed of 32 knots. This plan was one of a set of 31 preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. No ship was built to any of these designs.
  
  
• S-584-066: Preliminary Design No.121 for a Scout Cruiser - May 1915. Drawing of a 12,650 ton ship with a main battery of two 14-inch guns in one twin turret forward and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was one of a set of 31 preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. No ship was built to any of these designs.
  
• S-584-067: Preliminary Design No.128 for a Scout Cruiser - May 1915. Drawing of a 16,500 ton ship with a main battery of two 14-inch guns in two single turrets and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was one of a set of 31 preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. No ship was built to any of these designs.
  
• S-584-068: Preliminary Design No.129 for a Scout Cruiser - May 1915. Drawing of a 20,850 ton ship with a main battery of two 14-inch guns in two single turrets and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was one of a set of 31 preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. No ship was built to any of these designs.
  
• S-584-069: Preliminary Design No.130 for a Scout Cruiser - May 1915. Drawing of a 16,500 ton ship with a main battery of four 16-inch guns in two twin turrets and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was one of a set of 31 preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. No ship was built to any of these designs.
  
• S-584-070: Preliminary Design No.131 for a Scout Cruiser - May 1915. Drawing of a 20,500 ton ship with a main battery of four 16-inch guns in two twin turrets and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was one of a set of 31 preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. No ship was built to any of these designs.
  
  
• S-584-071: Preliminary Design No.132 for a Scout Cruiser - May 1915. Drawing of a 26,800 ton ship with a main battery of four 16-inch guns in two twin turrets and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was one of a set of 31 preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. No ship was built to any of these designs.
  
• S-584-072: Preliminary Design Plan for a Battle Cruiser - May 1915. Preliminary Design No.133 for a 56,500 ton ship with a main battery of eight 16-inch guns in four twin turrets and a maximum speed of 29 knots. This design probably was prepared as part of the wide-ranging "Scout Cruiser Study" of that year but not selected for construction.
  
• S-584-073: Preliminary Design No.134 for a Scout Cruiser - May 1915. Drawing of a 13,500 ton ship with a main battery of four 16-inch guns in two twin turrets and a maximum speed of 30 knots. This plan was one of a set of 31 preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. No ship was built to any of these designs.
  
• S-584-074: Undated Design Plan for Transport # 1. Preliminary Design No.136 for a transport displacing 10,000 tons with a main battery of eight 5-inch guns. The Henderson (Transport # 1) was built to this design.
  
• S-584-075: "Aero. [Aeroplane] Wrecking Derrick" - Undated. Preliminary Design No.137 for a 90 ton vessel with no armament and a speed of 6 knots. Seaplane Wrecking Derrick #1, designated as YSD-1 in 1920, was built to this design in 1916.
  
  
• S-584-076: "Hangar [Barge] for Dirigible" - Undated. Preliminary Design No.138 for a 872 ton vessel with no armament and no propulsion. A smaller variant of this design, designated with the file symbol YX-2, was built in 1916.
  
• S-584-077: Undated Design Plan for Supply Ship # 1. Preliminary Design No.139 for a fleet supply ship displacing 8,500 tons with a main battery of four 5-inch guns and a maximum speed of 14 knots. The Bridge (Supply Ship # 1) was built to this design.
  
• S-584-078: Preliminary Design Plan for a Battle Cruiser - June 1915. Preliminary Design No.140 for a 52,000 ton ship with a main battery of eight 16-inch guns in four twin turrets and a maximum speed of 30 knots. This design also was not adopted for construction.
  
• S-584-079: Preliminary Design Plan for a "Battle Scout" - June 1915. Preliminary Design No.141 for a 27,000 ton ship with a main battery of four 16-inch guns in two twin turrets and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was one of a series of preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. Such "Battle Scouts" were in effect small battle cruisers, but no ship was built to any of these designs.
  
• S-584-080: Preliminary Design Plan for a "Light Cruiser" - June 23, 1915. Preliminary Design No.142 for a 4,000 ton ship with a battery of two 6-inch guns and eight 3-inch guns and a maximum speed of 30 knots. This plan followed an earlier, long series of preliminary designs emphasizing very large ships for transoceanic cruiser roles and provided instead a much smaller ship. No ship was built to this design, however.
  
  
• S-584-081: Preliminary design plan for a Battle Cruiser - July 1, 1915. Preliminary Design No.143 for a 30,000 ton ship with a main battery for six 16-inch guns in three twin turrets, a maximum speed of 30 knots, and limited protection. This design was marked as "not completed" and was not adopted for construction.
  
• S-584-082: Preliminary design plan for a Battle Cruiser - August 25, 1915. Preliminary Design No.145 for a 35,500 ton ship with a main battery for eight 14-inch guns in four twin turrets and a maximum speed of 30 knots. The design selected for construction of the Lexington (Battle Cruiser # 1) class followed this general layout.
  
• S-584-083: Preliminary Design Plan for a "Battle Scout" - September 9, 1915. Preliminary Design No.144 for a 32,000 ton ship with a main battery of eight 14-inch guns in four twin turrets and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was one of a series of preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. Such "Battle Scouts" were in effect small battle cruisers. No ship was built to this design, but the later Lexington (Battle Cruiser # 1) class design was similar in hull layout as initially approved.
  
• S-584-084: Preliminary Design Plan for a "Scout Cruiser" - September 15, 1915. Preliminary Design No.146 for a 28,000 ton ship with a main battery of eight 10-inch guns in four twin turrets and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was one of a series of preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. This very large scout cruiser was in effect a small battle cruiser. No ship was built to this design.
  
• S-584-085: Destroyer - 1917 Bldg. Program - Sept. 1915. Preliminary Design No.147 for a 1,125 ton ship with a main battery of four 4-inch guns and a maximum speed of 30 knots. This plan represents a preliminary design in a series that led to the Wilkes (Destroyer # 75) class.
  
  
• S-584-086: "Fuel Ship 1917 Bldg. Program" - September 1915. Preliminary Design No.148 for an oiler displacing 14,500 tons with a main armament of four 5-inch guns and a maximum speed of 14 knots. No oilers were built under the Fiscal Year 1917 program.
  
• S-584-087: "Transport 1917 Bldg. Program" - September 1915. Preliminary Design No.149 for a 10,300 ton ship with a main battery of eight 5-inch guns and a maximum speed of 14 knots. No transports were built under the Fiscal Year 1917 program.
  
• S-584-088: Preliminary Design Plan for a Scout Cruiser - September 1915. Preliminary Design No.151 for a 8,000 ton ship with a battery of six 6-inch guns and two 3-inch guns and a maximum speed of 30 knots. This plan followed a long series of preliminary designs emphasizing very large ships for ocean cruiser roles and provided instead a much smaller ship. No ship was built to this design, however.
  
• S-584-089: Preliminary Design Plan for a "Battle Scout" - September 1915. Preliminary Design No.150 for a 32,000 ton ship with a main battery of eight 14-inch guns in four twin turrets and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was one of a series of preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. Such "Battle Scouts" were in effect small battle cruisers. No ship was built to this design, but the later Lexington (Battle Cruiser # 1) class design was similar in hull layout.
  
• S-584-090: Preliminary Design Plan for a "Battle Scout" - October 1915. Preliminary Design No.152 for a 32,000 ton ship with a main battery of eight 14-inch guns in two quadruple turrets and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was one of a series of preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. Such "Battle Scouts" were in effect small battle cruisers. No ship was built to this design.
  
  
• S-584-091: Preliminary Design Plan for a "Battle Scout" - October 1915. Preliminary Design No.153 for a 32,000 ton ship with a main battery of eight 14-inch guns in two triple and one twin turrets and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This plan was one of a series of preliminary designs exploring tradeoffs in scout cruiser capabilities. Such "Battle Scouts" were in effect small battle cruisers. No ship was built to this design, but the later Lexington (Battle Cruiser # 1) class design was similar in hull layout.
  
• S-584-092: Preliminary Design Plan for a Gunboat - November 1915. Preliminary Design No.154 for a 1,575 ton ship with a main battery of three 4-inch guns and a maximum speed of 12 knots. No ship was built to this specific design, although Tulsa (Gunboat # 22) was built to a modified version.
  
• S-584-093: Preliminary design Plan for a Scout Cruiser - March 9, 1916. Preliminary Design No.160 for a 6,750 ton ship with a main battery of ten 6-inch guns in single mounts and unstated maximum speed. This design was approved in April 1916 for construction of what became the Omaha (Scout Cruiser # 4) class.
  
• S-584-094: "Battleship 1916". Preliminary Design No.162 dated 20 March 1916 for a 32,600 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 14-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the Colorado (Battleship # 45) class battleships that replicated in almost every respect the previous Tennessee (Battleship # 43) class.
  
• S-584-095: "Battleship 1917". Preliminary Design No.163 dated 20 March 1916 for a 32,400 ton ship with a main battery of eight 16-inch guns in four twin turrets and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented the preliminary design for the Colorado (Battleship # 45) class battleships that ultimately was selected for construction.
  
  
• S-584-096: "Battleship 1917". Preliminary Design No.164 dated 20 March 1916 for a 33,200 ton ship with a main battery of ten 16-inch guns in two twin and two triple turrets and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the Colorado (Battleship # 45) class battleships.
  
• S-584-097: "Battleship 1917". Preliminary Design No.165 dated 20 March 1916 for a 36,900 ton ship with a main battery of ten 16-inch guns in five twin turrets and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the Colorado (Battleship # 45) class battleships.
  
• S-584-098: "Battleship 1917". Preliminary Design No.166 dated 20 March 1916 for a 35,800 ton ship with a main battery of ten 16-inch guns in five twin turrets and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the Colorado (Battleship # 45) class battleships.
  
• S-584-099: "Battleship 1917". Preliminary Design No.167 dated 20 March 1916 for a 37,500 ton ship with a main battery of ten 16-inch guns in five twin turrets and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the Colorado (Battleship # 45) class battleships.
  
• S-584-100: "Battleship 1917". Preliminary Design No.168 dated 20 March 1916 for a 36,900 tons ship with a main battery of ten 16-inch guns in five twin turrets and a maximum speed of 21 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the Colorado (Battleship # 45) class battleships.
  
  
• S-584-101: Untitled Preliminary Design Plan of a Destroyer, May 18, 1916. Preliminary Design No.161 for a 1,160 ton ship with a main battery of four 4-inch guns and a maximum speed of 30 knots. This plan represents the preliminary design selected for the Wilkes (Destroyer # 75) class.
  
• S-584-102: Preliminary Design for a Battle Cruiser - June 16, 1916. Preliminary Design No.169 for a 33,500 ton ship with a main battery of ten 14-inch guns in two triple and two twin turrets and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This design was selected as the initial plan for the construction of the Lexington (Battle Cruiser # 1) class ships.
  
• S-584-103: Preliminary Design Plan for an Ammunition Ship for the Fiscal Year 1917 Shipbuilding Program - August 2, 1916. Preliminary Design No.170 for a 10,600 ton ship with a main battery of four 5-inch guns and a maximum speed of 16 knots. With a few modifications, this design was used for construction of the two Pyro (Ammunition Ship # 1) class ships.
  
• S-584-104: Preliminary Design Plan for a Battleship - "Scheme 1". Preliminary Design No.173 dated 11 December 1916 for a 41,500 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 16-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 23 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the South Dakota (Battleship # 49) class battleships.
  
• S-584-105: Preliminary Design Plan for a Battleship - "Scheme 2". Preliminary Design No.173 dated 11 December 1916 for a 41,500 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 16-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 23 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the South Dakota (Battleship # 49) class battleships. This design differed from Scheme 1 in housing the secondary battery 5-inch guns in casemates rather than turrets.
  
  
• S-584-106: Preliminary Design Plan for a Battleship - "Scheme 3". Preliminary Design No.173 dated 11 December 1916 for a 41,500 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 16-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 23 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the South Dakota (Battleship # 49) class battleships. This plan differed from Schemes 1 and 2 in providing an enlarged barbette for Turret II forward that also supported the ship's conning tower, as well as changes in the secondary battery.
  
• S-584-107: "70,000 ton Battleship". Preliminary Design No.171 (1) dated 13 December 1916 for a 70,000 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 16-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 26.5 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for a hypothetical largest battleship capable of using the Panama Canal, prepared at the direction of the U.S. Congress.
  
• S-584-108: "70,000 ton Battleship". Preliminary Design No.171 (2) dated 13 December 1916 for a 70,000 ton ship with a main battery of twenty-four 16-inch guns in four sextuple turrets and a maximum speed of 26.5 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for a hypothetical largest battleship capable of using the Panama Canal, prepared at the direction of the U.S. Congress.
  
• S-584-109: "63,500 ton Battleship". Preliminary Design No.171 (3) dated 13 December 1916 for a 63,500 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 16-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 30 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for a hypothetical largest battleship capable of using the Panama Canal, prepared at the direction of the U.S. Congress.
  
• S-584-110: "80,000 ton Battleship". Preliminary Design No.171 (4) dated 29 December 1916 for a 80,000 ton ship with a main battery of twenty-four 16-inch guns in four sextuple turrets and a maximum speed of 25.2 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for a hypothetical largest battleship capable of using the Panama Canal, prepared at the direction of the U.S. Congress.
  
  
• S-584-111: Proposed 5750 ton Scout - January 5, 1917. Preliminary Design No.175 for a 5,750 ton ship with a battery of two 8-inch and four 5-inch guns in single mounts and a maximum speed of 33.7 knots. This design - Scheme I - was developed in the Bureau of Construction and Repair to explore the possibility of building smaller cruisers than selected in 1916 for construction of what became the Omaha (Scout Cruiser # 4) class.
  
• S-584-112: Proposed 6500 ton Scout - January 17, 1917. Preliminary Design No.175 for a 6,500 ton ship with a battery of eight 6-inch guns in single mounts and a maximum speed of 34.2 knots. This design - Scheme III - was developed in the Bureau of Construction and Repair to explore the possibility of building smaller cruisers than selected in 1916 for construction of what became the Omaha (Scout Cruiser # 4) class.
  
• S-584-113: Proposed 6500 ton Scout - January 18, 1917. Preliminary Design No.175 for a 6,500 ton ship with a battery of eight 6-inch guns in single mounts and a maximum speed of 32.4 knots. This design - Scheme II - was developed in the Bureau of Construction and Repair to explore the possibility of building smaller cruisers than selected in 1916 for construction of what became the Omaha (Scout Cruiser # 4) class.
  
• S-584-114: Preliminary Design Plan for a Battleship. Preliminary Design No.173 dated 18 January 1917 for a 41,500 to 42,000 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 16-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 23 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for the South Dakota (Battleship # 49) class battleships. This plan differed from "Scheme 2" by modifications to the secondary battery and the trunking of four funnels into one.
  
• S-584-115: Proposed 5750 ton Scout - January 19, 1917. Preliminary Design No.175 for a 5,750 ton ship with a battery of two 8-inch and four 5-inch guns in single mounts and a maximum speed of 32.8 knots. This design - Scheme IV - was developed in the Bureau of Construction and Repair to explore the possibility of building smaller cruisers than selected in 1916 for construction of what became the Omaha (Scout Cruiser # 4) class.
  
  
• S-584-116: "80,000 ton Battleship" - Scheme IV-1. Preliminary Design No.171 dated 30 January 1917 for a 80,000 ton ship with a main battery of thirteen 18-inch guns in five twin and one triple turrets and a maximum speed of 25.2 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for a hypothetical largest battleship capable of using the Panama Canal, prepared at the direction of the U.S. Congress.
  
• S-584-117: "80,000 ton Battleship" - Scheme IV-2. Preliminary Design No.171 dated 30 January 1917 for an 80,000 ton ship with a main battery of fifteen 18-inch guns in five triple turrets and a maximum speed of 25.2 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for a hypothetical largest battleship capable of using the Panama Canal, prepared at the direction of the U.S. Congress.
  
• S-584-118: Large Destroyer - "Scheme # 1" - Sept. 10, 1917. Drawing of a 2,565 ton ship with a main battery of six 5-inch guns and a maximum speed of 35.5 knots. No ship was built to this concept.
  
• S-584-119: Large Destroyer - "Scheme # 2" - Sept. 10, 1917. Drawing of a 2,100 ton ship with a main battery of six 5-inch guns and a maximum speed of 33 knots. No ship was built to this concept.
  
• S-584-120: Large Destroyer - "Scheme # 3" - Sept. 10, 1917. Drawing of a 1,675 ton ship with a main battery of four 5-inch guns and a maximum speed of 29.5 knots. No ship was built to this concept.
  
  
• S-584-121: "200-Ft. Sub Chaser - Turbine Design" - November 22, 1917. Preliminary Design No.186 for a 475 ton ship with a main battery of one 5-inch and one 3-inch gun and a maximum speed of 21 knots. The mass-produced "Eagle Boats" of the World War I-era were built to this steam-powered version of this design.
  
• S-584-122: "200-Ft. Sub Chaser - Diesel Design" - November 28, 1917. Preliminary Design No.186b for a 500 ton ship with a main battery of two 4-inch guns and a maximum speed of 19.5 knots. The mass-produced "Eagle Boats" of the World War I-era was built to the steam turbine-powered version of this design.
  
• S-584-123: Preliminary Design Plan for Gunboat # 22 - November 30, 1917. Preliminary Design No.187 for a 2,100 ton ship with a main battery of three 5-inch guns and a maximum speed of 16 knots. Tulsa (Gunboat # 22) ultimately was built to a smaller design, similar to that of the previous Asheville (Gunboat # 21) because the design shown here was deemed too costly.
  
• S-584-124: Preliminary Design Plan for a 123-foot Submarine Chaser - December 30, 1917. Preliminary Design No.188 for a 83 ton ship with a main battery of one 6-pounder gun and a maximum speed of 32.6 knots. No ship was built to this design.
  
• S-584-125: Undated preliminary Design Plan for a 123-foot Submarine Chaser. Rough sketch drawing of a ship with no characteristics data provided. No ship was built to this design.
  
  
• S-584-126: "U. S. S. Chemung Tug # 18" - March 12, 1918. Design drawing for a 555 ton ship with a main battery of two 3-inch guns and a maximum speed of 11 knots. Tug Pocahontas, renamed Chemung in 1917, was built to this design.
  
• S-584-127: Untitled Plan for a Harbor Tug - March 20, 1918. Untitled draft preliminary design drawing for a 215 ton ship with no gun armament and a maximum speed of 10 knots. The YT-46 class tugs were built to a design developed from this concept plan.
  
• S-584-128: Untitled Plan for a Seagoing Tug - March 25, 1918. Draft preliminary design drawing, without full characteristics data, for a wooden tug. No ship was built to this design.
  
• S-584-129: "U. S. Seagoing Mine Sweepers" - March 28, 1918. Drawing of a minesweeper with no characteristics data provided. The plan looks identical to the Lapwing (Minesweeper # 1) class of 1917-1919.
  
• S-584-130: Rough Draft of a Preliminary Design for a Fast Battleship. Plan dated 23 April 1918 for a 55,000 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 16-inch guns in four triple turrets and a speed of 30.25 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design intended to explore what capabilities were possible in a vessel combining "a maximum [gun] battery" and "as much speed as practicable". The concept did not proceed beyond the preliminary design stage. This particular drawing is a rough sketch and not a finished product.
  
  
• S-584-131: 1525 Ton Destroyer Leader, undated design. Drawing of a 1,525 ton ship with a main battery of five 5-inch guns and a maximum speed of 33.8 knots. No ship was built to this concept.
  
• S-584-132: Preliminary Design for the 1919 Program Battleships. Plan dated 3 May 1918 for a 42,500 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 16-inch guns and a maximum speed of 23 knots. This plan represented the final design selected for the South Dakota (Battleship # 49) class battleships.
  
• S-584-133: Preliminary Design for a Fast Battleship - Scheme "D". Plan dated 8 May 1918 for a 54,500 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 16-inch guns in four triple turrets and a speed of 29 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design intended to explore what capabilities were possible in a vessel combining "a maximum [gun] battery" and "as much speed as practicable". The concept did not proceed beyond the preliminary design stage.
  
• S-584-134: Preliminary Design for a Fast Battleship - Scheme "C". Plan dated 16 May 1918 for a 54,500 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 16-inch guns in four triple turrets and a speed of 30 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design intended to explore what capabilities were possible in a vessel combining "a maximum [gun] battery" and "as much speed as practicable". The concept did not proceed beyond the preliminary design stage.
  
• S-584-135: Preliminary Design for an Improved Battle Cruiser - May 16, 1918. Drawing of a 45,000 ton ship with a main battery of eight 16-inch guns in four turrets and a speed of 33 knots. This design represented a potential improvement of the plan adopted for the Lexington (Battle Cruiser # 1) class as then intended to be built.
  
  
• S-584-136: Preliminary Design for a "Battleship Cruiser", Scheme "C" - May 18, 1918. Drawing of a 53,000 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 16-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 30 knots. This plan was prepared by visiting British Navy designer Stanley Goodall to meet certain U.S. design study goals. No such ship type was selected for construction.
  
• S-584-137: Preliminary Design for a "Battleship Cruiser", Scheme "D" - May 18, 1918. Drawing of a 49,500 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 16-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 30 knots. This plan was prepared by visiting British Navy designer Stanley Goodall to meet certain U.S. design study goals. No such ship type was selected for construction.
  
• S-584-138: Preliminary Design Armor Protection Plan for a "Battleship Cruiser", Schemes "C" and "D" - May 18, 1918. Drawing showing the armor layout proposed in the two fast battleship designs (see Photos # S-584-136 and # S-584-137) prepared by British Navy designer Stanley Goodall. The concept did not proceed beyond the preliminary design stage.
  
• S-584-139: 2150-2200 Ton Destroyer Leader - June 10, 1918. Drawings showing hull form and internal structure for a large destroyer leader then under consideration. No ship was built to this concept.
  
• S-584-140: 2150-2200 Ton Destroyer Leader - June 10, 1918. Drawing of a large destroyer with all boiler rooms forward. Outline inboard profile drawing for a large destroyer leader with a maximum speed of 37 knots then under consideration. No ship was built to this concept.
  
  
• S-584-141: 2150-2200 Ton Destroyer Leader - June 10, 1918. Drawing of a large destroyer with separated boiler rooms. Outline inboard profile drawing lacking full data describing ship's characteristics. No ship was built to this concept.
  
• S-584-142: 1750 Ton Destroyer Leader - June 11, 1918. Outline cross sections of hull form and structural layout of a preliminary design for a large destroyer under consideration. No ship was built to this concept.
  
• S-584-143: 1750 Ton Destroyer Leader - June 11, 1918. Outline inboard profile drawing for a large destroyer leader with a maximum speed of 35 knots then under consideration.
  
• S-584-144: Untitled and Undated Preliminary Design Drawing of a Destroyer Leader. Drawing of a proposed design for a large, 325-foot long destroyer leader proposed for construction in January 1918 by the Bath Iron Works company. No ship was built to this concept.
  
• S-584-145: Undated U.S. Navy Plan for the British Battle Cruiser Hood. Drawing of the design adopted for the British Navy ship Hood, prepared for comparison with U.S. Navy designs. The plan includes data showing that Hood was to displace 41,120 tons and carry a main battery of eight 15-inch guns and have a maximum speed of 31.25 knots. The U.S. Navy did not pursue a similar ship design.
  
  
• S-584-146: Preliminary Design for a Fast Battleship. Plan dated 19 February 1919 for a 47,000 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 16-inch guns in four triple turrets and a speed of 25 knots. This plan represented a preliminary design for a ship that resembles the approved design for South Dakota (Battleship # 49, see Photo # S-584-132) but has been lengthened and enlarged for increased speed. The concept did not proceed beyond the preliminary design stage.
  
• S-584-147: Preliminary Design for a Fast Battleship. Plan dated 4 March 1919 for a 48,750 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 16-inch guns in four triple turrets and a speed of 25 knots. The concept did not proceed beyond the preliminary design stage. This plan represented a preliminary design for a ship that resembles the approved design for South Dakota (Battleship # 49, see Photo # S-584-132) but has been lengthened and enlarged for increased speed. This plan differs from that of 19 February 1919 (see Photo # S-584-146) by a modified armor protection layout.
  
• S-584-148: Design Plan for Battle Cruisers # 1 to 6 - March 13, 1919. Drawing of a 35,300 ton ship with a main battery of eight 16-inch guns in four twin turrets and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This drawing represents the third of four design concepts adopted for the Lexington class during their protracted design development.
  
• S-584-149: Preliminary Design Plan for a "Small Battleship" - Scheme F-3. Plan dated 16 April 1919 for a 21,500 ton ship with a main battery of four 16-inch guns in two twin turrets and a maximum speed of 18 knots. This ship type did not advance beyond the preliminary design stage.
  
• S-584-150: Preliminary Design Plan for a "Small Battleship" - Scheme A-7. Plan dated 17 April 1919 for a 24,000 ton ship with a main battery of four 16-inch guns in two twin turrets and a maximum speed of 20 knots. This ship type did not advance beyond the preliminary design stage.
  
  
• S-584-151: Preliminary Design Plan for a "Small Battleship" - Scheme E-3. Plan dated 18 April 1919 for a 26,250 ton ship with a main battery of six 16-inch guns in two triple turrets and a maximum speed of 20 knots. This ship type did not advance beyond the preliminary design stage.
  
• S-584-152: Preliminary Design Plan for a "Small Battleship" - Scheme B-5. Plan dated 21 April 1919 for a 28,500 ton ship with a main battery of four 16-inch guns in two twin turrets and a maximum speed of 23 knots. This ship type did not advance beyond the preliminary design stage.
  
• S-584-153: Preliminary Design Plan for a "Small Battleship" - Scheme C-5. Plan dated 23 April 1919 for a 33,400 ton ship with a main battery of four 16-inch guns in two twin turrets and a maximum speed of 26 knots. This ship type did not advance beyond the preliminary design stage.
  
• S-584-154: Preliminary Design Plan for a "Small Battleship" - Scheme D-11. Plan dated 23 April 1919 for a 37,000 ton ship with a main battery of four 16-inch guns in two twin turrets and a maximum speed of 29 knots. This ship type did not advance beyond the preliminary design stage.
  
• S-584-155: Untitled Tabular Data on Designs for "Small Battleships". Undated plan, probably prepared in about April 1919, providing tabular data concerning eight alternative preliminary designs for "Small Battleships." No ships were built to such a design concept.
  
  
• S-584-156: Untitled Tabular Data on Designs for "Small Battleships". Undated plan, probably prepared in about April 1919, providing tabular data concerning eight alternative preliminary designs for "Small Battleships." No ships were built to such a design concept. This table is very similar to that seen in Photo # S-584-155 but includes data on only one earlier ship, not two, for comparative purposes.
  
• S-584-157: Preliminary Design Plan for a "Proposed 1920 Scout Cruiser", Scheme C-1, Arrangement I - October 15, 1919. Drawing of a 10,000 ton ship with a main battery of seven 8-inch guns in one triple and two twin turrets and a maximum speed of 36 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
• S-584-158: Preliminary Design Plan for a "Proposed 1920 Scout Cruiser", Scheme C-1, Arrangement III - October 15, 1919. Drawing of a 10,000 ton ship with a main battery of eight 8-inch guns in two triple and one twin turrets and a maximum speed of 36 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
• S-584-159: Preliminary Design Plan for a "Proposed 1920 Scout Cruiser", Scheme C-5, Arrangement II - October 15, 1919. Drawing of a 10,000 ton ship with a main battery of seven 8-inch guns in one triple and two twin turrets and a maximum speed of 36 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
• S-584-160: Preliminary Design Plan for "1919 Fleet Submarine" - January 6, 1920. Drawing of a 1,900 ton submarine with a main battery of one 5-inch gun and a maximum surface speed of 21 knots. With some detail changes, the V-1 (SF-4, later SS-163) class was built to this design.
  
  
• S-584-161: Preliminary Design Plan for "Cruiser Submarine 1919" - April 9, 1920. Drawing of a 2,680 ton submarine with a main battery of two 6-inch guns and a maximum surface speed of 17 knots. With some detail changes, the V-4 (SF-7, later SM-1) and V-5 (SF-8, later SC-1, later SS-167) classes were built to this design.
  
• S-584-162: Preliminary Design Plan for a "Self-Propelled Floating Dry Dock" - September 25, 1920. Preliminary design drawing of a 53,700 ton vessel with no gun armament and a maximum speed of 10 knots. No vessel of this type was built.
  
• S-584-163: "Cruiser Submarine Type # 1 - Unprotected" - October 20, 1920. Drawing of a 10,000 ton submarine with a main battery of eight 8-inch guns and a maximum surface speed of 14 knots. No ship of this type was built.
  
• S-584-164: "Cruiser Submarine Type # 4 (High Speed)" - October 23, 1920. Drawing of a 8,750 ton submarine with a main battery of two 8-inch guns and a maximum surface speed of 18 knots. No ship of this type was built.
  
• S-584-165: "Cruiser Submarine Type # 3 - Protected against torp. & Gun Fire" - October 23, 1920. Drawing of a 13,500 ton submarine with a main battery of four 8-inch guns and a maximum surface speed of 11.75 knots. No ship of this type was built.
  
  
• S-584-166: "Cruiser Submarine Type # 2 - Armored" - October 23, 1920. Drawing of a 13,500 ton submarine with a main battery of eight 8-inch guns and a maximum surface speed of 15.5 knots. No ship of this type was built.
  
• S-584-167: Preliminary Study # 2 - Air Craft Carrier - 32-3/4 knot - November 17, 1920. Preliminary design drawing of a 35,000 ton ship with a main battery of sixteen 6-inch guns and a maximum speed of 32.75 knots. This plan envisaged the construction of a large aircraft carrier from the keel up, but following the Washington Treaty on naval arms limitation in 1922 two battle cruisers under construction were instead converted to large aircraft carriers.
  
• S-584-168: Preliminary Study # 3 - Air Craft Carrier - 34-3/4 knot - November 17, 1920. Preliminary design drawing of a 34,500 ton ship with a main battery of sixteen 6-inch guns and a maximum speed of 34.75 knots. This plan envisaged the construction of a large aircraft carrier from the keel up, but following the Washington Treaty on naval arms limitation in 1922 two battle cruisers under construction were instead converted to large aircraft carriers.
  
• S-584-169: Preliminary Study # 1 - Air Craft Carrier - 29 1/2 knot - November 26, 1920. Preliminary design drawing of a 25,500 ton ship with a main battery of sixteen 6-inch guns and a maximum speed of 29.5 knots. This plan envisaged the construction of a large aircraft carrier from the keel up, but following the Washington Treaty on naval arms limitation in 1922 two battle cruisers under construction were instead converted to large aircraft carriers.
  
• S-584-170: Preliminary Design Sketch for a "33-knot Scout" Cruiser "Preliminary # 1" - January 7, 1921. Drawing of a 10,250 ton ship with a main battery of eight 8-inch guns in two triple and one twin gun turrets and a maximum speed of 33 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
  
• S-584-171: Preliminary Design Sketch for a "35-knot Scout" Cruiser "Preliminary # 2" - January 7, 1921. Drawing of a 10,750 ton ship with a main battery of eight 8-inch guns in two triple and one twin gun turrets and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
• S-584-172: Preliminary Design Sketch for a "35-knot Scout" Cruiser "Preliminary # 3" - January 7, 1921. Drawing of a 10,800 ton ship with a main battery of eight 8-inch guns in four twin gun turrets and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
• S-584-173: Preliminary Design Sketch for a "35-knot Scout" Cruiser "Preliminary # 4" - January 7, 1921. Drawing of a 11,300 ton ship with a main battery of eight 8-inch guns in two triple and one twin gun turrets and a maximum speed of 35 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
• S-584-174: Preliminary Design Sketch for a "12000 Ton Scout" Cruiser, Scheme # 1 - February 28, 1921. Drawing of a 12,000 ton ship with a main battery of eight 8-inch guns in four twin gun turrets and a maximum speed of 34.5 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola(CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
• S-584-175: Preliminary Design Sketch for a "10750 Ton Scout" Cruiser, Scheme "a" - March 14, 1921. Drawing of a 10,750 ton ship with a main battery of eight 8-inch guns in four twin gun turrets and a maximum speed of 33 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola(CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
  
• S-584-176: Preliminary Design Sketch for a "8250 Ton Scout" Cruiser, Scheme "d" - March 16, 1921. Drawing of a 8,250 ton ship with a main battery of six 8-inch guns in three twin gun turrets and a maximum speed of 33 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
• S-584-177: Preliminary Design Sketch for a "10000 Ton Scout" Cruiser, Scheme "b" - March 24, 1921. Drawing of a 10,000 ton ship with a main battery of eight 8-inch guns in four twin gun turrets and a maximum speed of 34.5 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola(CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
• S-584-178: Preliminary Design Sketch for a "11250 Ton Scout" Cruiser, Scheme "C" - March 24, 1921. Drawing of a 11,250 ton ship with a main battery of six 8-inch guns in three twin gun turrets and a maximum speed of 34.5 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
• S-584-179: Aircraft Carrier 1922 - Scheme "B" - May 5, 1921. Preliminary design drawing of a 39,000 ton ship with a main battery of sixteen 6-inch guns and a maximum speed of 34 knots. This plan envisaged the construction of a large aircraft carrier from the keel up, but following the Washington Treaty on naval arms limitation in 1922 two battle cruisers under construction were instead converted to large aircraft carriers.
  
• S-584-179-A: Paper note attached to Bureau of Construction and Repair Plan No.006217, Aircraft Carrier 1922 Scheme "B"; (see Photo # S-584-180.) This note records instructions given to the draughtsman in making changes to the plan ("Scheme B" of May 5, 1921) following a meeting with senior Navy officials.
  
• S-584-179-B: Paper note attached to Bureau of Construction and Repair Plan No.006217, Aircraft Carrier 1922 Scheme "B"; (see Photo # S-584-180.) This note records additional instructions given to the draughtsman in making changes to the plan ("Scheme B" of May 5, 1921) following a meeting with senior Navy officials.
  
• S-584-180: Aircraft Carrier (1922) No. # 2 - September 9, 1921. Preliminary design drawing of a 39,000 ton ship with a main battery of six 6-inch guns and a maximum speed of 34 knots. This plan envisaged the construction of a large aircraft carrier from the keel up, but following the Washington Treaty on naval arms limitation in 1922 two battle cruisers under construction were instead converted to large aircraft carriers.
  
  
• S-584-181: "Vessel of the Golden State Class Converted to Cable Carrier" - September 24, 1921. Preliminary design drawing for a 21,300 ton cable ship converted from an EFC Design 1029 troop transport with no gun armament and a maximum speed of 17 knots. No ships were built or modified to this design.
  
• S-584-182: U.S. AirPlane Carriers No. 1 & 2 - Battle Cruisers Converted - February 18, 1922. Preliminary design drawing of a 38,830 ton ship with a main battery of eight 8-inch guns and a maximum speed of 34 knots. This drawing depicted the expected features of aircraft carriers that could be built using hulls already begun as battle cruisers of the "Lexington" (Battle Cruiser # 1) class. The Lexington (CV-2) and Saratoga (CV-3) were completed to this design.
  
• S-584-183: Air Plane Carrier - Protected - February 18, 1923. Drawing from Preliminary Design Book No.282 of a ship of 29,250 tons with a main battery of nine 8-inch guns and a maximum speed of 27 knots. This drawing provided an example of a design that might be built within the tonnage available to the United States for aircraft carriers under the 1922 Washington Treaty on naval arms limitation. No ship of this type was built.
  
• S-584-184: 13,000 Ton Air Plane Carrier - April 23, 1923. Drawing from Preliminary Design Book No.286 of a ship of 13,000 tons with a main battery of six 8-inch guns and a maximum speed of 28 knots. This drawing provided an example of a design that might be built within the tonnage available to the United States for aircraft carriers under the 1922 Washington Treaty on naval arms limitation. No ship of this type was built.
  
• S-584-185: River Gunboat Designed to Characteristics for the 1924 Building Program - July 7, 1923. Drawing from Preliminary Design Book No.294 of a 490 ton ship with a main battery of two 3-inch guns and a maximum speed of 16 knots. No ship was built to this design.
  
  
• S-584-186: "Shallow Draft Gunboat - Tunnel Stern Type" - July 1923. Drawing from Preliminary Design Book No.299 of a 380 ton ship with a main battery of two 3-inch guns and a maximum speed of 16 knots. No ship was built to this design.
  
• S-584-187: "Shallow Draft Gunboat - Tunnel Stern Type" - July 23, 1923. Drawing from Preliminary Design Book No.300 of a 273 ton ship with a main battery of two 3-inch guns and a maximum speed of 15 knots. No ship was built to this design.
  
• S-584-188: "Shallow Draft Gunboat - Open Stern Type" - August 4, 1923. Drawing from Preliminary Design Book No.301 of a 375 ton ship with a main battery of two 3-inch guns and a maximum speed of 15 knots. No ship was built to this design.
  
• S-584-189: "River Gunboat - Tunnel Stern" - September 28, 1923. Drawing from Preliminary Design Book No.302 of a 600 ton ship with a main battery of two 3-inch guns and a maximum speed of 14.75 knots. No ship was built to this design.
  
• S-584-190: Light Cruiser "Sketch A" - November 16, 1923. Drawing from Preliminary Design Book No.292 of a 11,500 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 8-inch guns in four triple gun turrets and a maximum speed of 34 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
• S-584-190-A: Light Cruiser "Sketch A" - November 16, 1923. Drawing from Preliminary Design Book No.292 of a 11,500 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 8-inch guns in four triple gun turrets and a maximum speed of 34 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24). This drawing differs from S-584-190 by providing fuller detail in the breakdown of estimated component weights in the ship.
  
  
• S-584-191: Preliminary Design Plan for a "Mine Laying Submarine" - February 20, 1924. Drawing from Preliminary Design Book No.309 of a 2,780 ton submarine with a main battery of two 6-inch guns and a maximum surface speed of 15 knots. Submarine V-4 (SF-7, later SM-1) was built to a later version of this design.
  
• S-584-192: "River Gunboat" - March 22, 1924. Drawing from Preliminary Design Book No.307 of a 385 ton ship with a main battery of two 3-inch guns and a maximum speed of 15 knots. No ship was built to this design.
  
• S-584-193: "River Gun Boat - Tunnel Stern Type" - September 8, 1924. Drawing from Preliminary Design Book No.307 of a 385 ton ship with a main battery of two 3-inch guns and a maximum speed of 15 knots. Six ships of three classes were built to this concept, modified in detail by the builder.
  
• S-584-194: "River Gunboat" - April 26 (1924). Drawing from Preliminary Design Book No.310 of a 380 ton ship with a main battery of two 3-inch guns and a maximum speed of 15 knots. No ship was built to this design.
  
• S-584-195: Undated Design Plan for "U. S. S. V-4 Revised". Drawing of a submarine without any stated characteristics data. Submarine V-4 (SF-7, later SM-1) was built to this design.
  
  
• S-584-196: Light Cruiser - Design # 1 - Undated (about January 1925). Preliminary design plan for a 11,410 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 8-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 32.5 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
• S-584-197: Light Cruiser - Design # 2 - Undated (about January 1925). Preliminary design plan for a 11,410 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 8-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 32.5 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
• S-584-198: Light Cruiser - Design # 3 - Undated (about January 1925). Preliminary design plan for a 11,410 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 8-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 32.5 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
• S-584-199: Light Cruiser - Design # 4 - January 12, 1925. Preliminary design plan for a 11,410 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 8-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 32.5 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
• S-584-200: Light Cruiser - Design # 6 - Undated (January 1925). Preliminary design plan for a 11,410 ton ship with a main battery of nine (?) 8-inch guns in three turrets forward and a maximum speed of 32.5 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
  
• S-584-201: 10,000 Ton Treaty Displacement Airplane Carrier - January 15, 1925. Preliminary design drawing of a 10,000 ton ship with a main battery of four 6-inch guns and a maximum speed of 30 knots. This drawing provided an example of a design that might be built within the tonnage available to the United States for aircraft carriers under the 1922 Washington Treaty on naval arms limitation. No ship of this type was built.
  
• S-584-202: Light Cruiser - Design # 5 - January 23, 1925. Preliminary design plan for a 11,410 ton ship with a main battery of twelve 8-inch guns in four triple turrets and a maximum speed of 33 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
• S-584-203: Light Cruiser - Design # 7 - January 1925. Preliminary design plan for a 11,410 ton ship with a main battery of nine 8-inch guns in three triple turrets and a maximum speed of 32.8 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
• S-584-204: Light Cruiser - Design # 8 - Undated (about January 1925). Preliminary design plan for a 11,410 ton ship with a main battery of nine 8-inch guns in three triple turrets and a maximum speed of 32.8 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
• S-584-205: Light Cruiser - Design # 9 - Undated (about January 1925). Preliminary design plan for a 11,410 ton ship with a main battery of nine 8-inch guns in three triple turrets and a maximum speed of 32.8 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
  
• S-584-206: Light Cruiser - Design # 10 - Undated (about January 1925). Preliminary design plan for a 11,410 ton ship with a main battery of nine 8-inch guns in three triple turrets and a maximum speed of 32.8 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
• S-584-207: Light Cruiser - Untitled (probably Design # 15) - Undated (about February 1925). Preliminary design plan for a 11,410 ton ship with a main battery of ten 8-inch guns in two triple and two twin turrets and a maximum speed of 34.2 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
• S-584-208: Light Cruiser - Design # 11 - Undated (about February 1925). Preliminary design plan for a 11,410 ton ship with a main battery of eight 8-inch guns in four twin turrets and a maximum speed of 32.8 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
• S-584-209: Light Cruiser - Design # 18-A - April 15, 1925. Preliminary design plan for a 11,410 ton ship with a main battery of ten 8-inch guns in two triple and two twin turrets and a maximum speed of 32.5 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
• S-584-210: Light Cruiser - Design # 18-B - April 21, 1925. Preliminary design plan for a 11,410 ton ship with a main battery of ten 8-inch guns in two triple and two twin turrets and a maximum speed of 32.5 knots. This design was one of many considered during development of the design for the Pensacola (CL-24, later reclassified CA-24).
  
• S-584-211: "10000 Ton Light Cruiser with Forecastle" - September 16, 1925. Preliminary design plan for a 10,000 ton ship with a main battery of four 8-inch gun turrets (number of guns per turret not specified). This design was one considered during development of the design for the Northampton (CL-26, later reclassified CA-26).
  

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