This is a forum for discussion of topics relating to the Dreadnought era, prior to the ascendency of naval aviation. We will be discussing history, ship design, and naval wargaming.
Thursday, August 19, 2004
Frank Fox really likes "cruiser killers"
The American Alaska Class battlecruisers are one of Frank Fox's favorite ship types. I had sent him a copy of my design for a 1921-style armored cruiser. One version had 9-10in/50 guns, and 8in side armor.
In 2001 and 2002, I did a series of new ship designs that included power calculations. Alas, the Excel spreadsheets were all lost when I had a hard disk go out in October 2002, so that work is almost all lost.
thankfully, I have the pencil drawings that include some of the specifications. I am looking at those, and still like the "look". I had even made some planview wargame pieces, at 1:2400 scale. I have some of those, but the softcopy is gone.
I may post some of the drawings, as they still seem to be noteworthy.
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