Photo #: S-584-204 Light Cruiser ... Design # 8 ... Undated
(about January 1925) Preliminary design plan for a cruiser to be
built under treaty limitations covering ships of up to 10,000
tons treaty displacement. This design was initiated by the
Bureau of Construction and Repair as an illustration for the
General Board of the kind of measures needed to limit size and
cost. This plan provided a reduced main gun armament compared to
the baseline design (see Photo # S-584-190) and grouped one
turret forward and two aft. This design was one of many
variations considered in the process of settling on the design
adopted for the Pensacola (CL-24) class of Fiscal Year 1926.
This plan provided nine 8-inch guns, turbine machinery, and a
speed of 32.8 knots in a ship 600 feet long on the waterline,
60.75 feet in beam, and with a normal displacement of 11,410
tons. Note: The original document was pencil and ink on paper
(black on white). The original plan is in the 1911-1925 "Spring
Styles Book". U.S. Naval History and H