Photo #: S-511-61 "Single Cal.{iber} 6" Cruiser - Scheme "J"" Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board during the development of a light cruiser with rapid-firing 6"/47 anti-aircraft guns, which ultimately became the Worcester (CL-144) class. This plan, dated 31 May 1943, is for a 664-foot (waterline length), 13,890 (standard displacement) ship with twelve main battery guns, a flush deck hull with aircraft facilities located aft, increased numbers of 40mm anti-aircraft guns, and a single smokestack. Vignetted into the plan are 14 July 1943 revisions, providing for two smokestacks. Scale of the original drawings is 1/32" = 1'. The original plan is in the 1939-1944 "Spring Styles Book" held by the Naval Historical Center. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 613KB; 3000 x 1525 pixels