Four of the 211 design drawings in the 1911-1925 "Spring Styles" Book treat ships classified as "torpedo battleships", a ship type never adopted for construction The Naval War College carried out studies several years prior to World War I of the potential utility of such a ship, as large as a battleship but accepting sacrifices in main battery gun strength and protection to have a high maximum speed and carry a large number of torpedo tubes. The Navy never requested funds to build such a ship.
This page features those 1911-1925 Bureau of Ships "Spring Styles" plans that concern torpedo battleships.
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--Four proposed designs for a Torpedo Battleship, 1912, none selected for construction:
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Page made 31 August 2011