Photo #: S-511-34-A "Aircraft Carrier Study - Scheme "A"" Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board during the process that led to the armored flight deck Midway (CVB-41) class. This plan, dated 5 June 1941, depicts a 44,500-ton (standard displacement) 900-foot (between perpendiculars) ship with a lightly armored flight deck. Gun battery was nine 8"/55 guns in triple turrets and eight single-mounted 5"/38 dual-purpose guns. Hull was too wide for the existing Panama Canal locks. 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: 457KB; 3000 x 1525 pixels