The Dreadnought Project

[Ironman]

I found a couple pictures of armored cruiser Washington dont know if you seen em or not







I wish I could find photos like this for the Brooklyn.

[W F Moore]

I have seen these pics before (on Bill Stewarts's "Great White Fleet" site), and, sadly, they are NOT of a Tennessee-class AC, but of one of the Pennsylvania-class ships.

The clues are the glassed-in bridge being 1 deck lower, the arrangement of the casemate 6" guns, and the gaps in the boat-deck where you can look down to the main deck.

They are, however, great shots of details that are the same between the classes.

Wes

[Ironman]

I was looking for Brooklyn photos when I came across these. They were referenced on the page as Washington, I just took it to be so. Thanks for pointing out they are not. Maybe someone should write the guy who posted these pictures and enlighten him.

http://www.greatwhitefleet.info/newfile16.html

Anyway, I'm back to working on my model.

[W F Moore]

I e-mailed the guy*, and he acknowledged my e-mail, but he never got around to re-labelling them.

I have found other instances of Pennsylvania-class ships labelled as Tennessee-class on sites that should know better, and I even have a postcard from back in the day that is mis-labelled.

Wes

*Actually, it was Bill Stewart's GWF site that got me started on the Washington!

[Ironman]

I found a good port stern view of ACR 9 USS South Dakota. If it doesnt eat up more than your monitor can display when it opens, click to enlarge for a great view!
I'm starting to see construction simularities with all armored cruisers of the era. I'm also starting to notice paint schemes differed to what almost looks like a captains choice/interpretation of a navy order. In the photo the port holes seem to have a black accent and the name one the stern may be natural brass? I say that because it doesnt appear to be black, and the look of the letters at the begining of "Dakota" (or maybe I just cant see). I have seen the name in black on other cruisers in "war paint"
Anyone know the story on that?

http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/acr9/acr0905.jpg

[Ironman]

Hey check this photo,.. its huge with great detail

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/USS_Seattle_Turret_LOC_09615u.jpg

[MarkD]

Just found plans of the Montana (ACR-13) posted on the Historic Naval Ship Association site:

http://hnsa.org/doc/plans/
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[Ironman]

[Iain]

I wish I had had those when I was drawing my own version. The missing decks would have been helpful.
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John H. Dulaney

[W F Moore]

I found (via actually visiting the LoC) another "detail" pic of the Washington's boat deck:

www.loc.gov/rr/print/

pick "Prints and Photographs Online catalog" on left side

search for LC-B2-2260-15

The pic is of the boat deck, with boats, crane, ventilators, winches, skylights, and numerous gra-doo.

I also ordered some copies of other prints at great expense.

How goes the NC, John?

Wes

[Iain]

I'm working on the hull. I've got it about three quarters planked. Having never done a model this big (my last one was two inches long), It's taking rather longer than usual.
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John H. Dulaney