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Astounding work Bezzo, and I'm looking expectantly for CLG3 Galveston as well as the Terrier ships.

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Thank you Kim for the crest

"Never fear to try on something new. Remember that the Titanic was built by professionals, and the Ark by an amateur"

A small update on the Talos vessels, and I couldn't resist doing the Oklahoma City as during her Vietnam War service! So, one more drawing added! The Terriers will come soon, and I'm also planning on doing some form of schematic drawing showing the missile magazine arrangements.

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My Avatar:Петр Алексеевич Безобразов (Petr Alekseevich Bezobrazov), Вице-адмирал , царская ВМФ России(1845-1906) - I sign my drawings as Ari Saarinen

I've made a small, but crucial update on these vessels. It appears that there were some pixels missing! It's has been fixed now...

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My Avatar:Петр Алексеевич Безобразов (Petr Alekseevich Bezobrazov), Вице-адмирал , царская ВМФ России(1845-1906) - I sign my drawings as Ari Saarinen

Updated the drawings by adding the wonderful badges by KimWerner! Thank you for your effort! amidships transfer crane also replaced. All on p.1!

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My Avatar:Петр Алексеевич Безобразов (Petr Alekseevich Bezobrazov), Вице-адмирал , царская ВМФ России(1845-1906) - I sign my drawings as Ari Saarinen

After the submission of such splendid and outstanding drawings such as the IJN Ashigara at the Coronation Review, Spithead, 1937, and the HMS Repulse by Hood, it's hard to follow. But here is the first of the two flagship conversion Terrier-armed cruisers; the USS Springfield (CLG-7), shown as of 1970, during her three-year stint as flagship of the US Mediterranean Fleet (Sixth Fleet).
As can be seen, the ship is fully updated with the latest (for the era) electronics. Her bridge, which differed slightly from the Talos sisters, by having a cut-off upper bridge and some other barely discernable differences, has had the aft sections of the 'green-house' on both levels plated in. She carries now the modern SPS-52 3-D radar in place of the older SPS-39, although the old installation is still in place, only coupled to the new array. Behind it is the experimental LN-66 navigation radar.
As usual, being a fleet flagship, she carries an Admiral's personal barge, next to the Terrier missile house.

Although being kept fully modernized throughout her fourteen year career, the Springfield was decommissioned on May 15, 1974, when she still had a great many good, serviceable years left!
The USS Springfield (CLG-7):

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My Avatar:Петр Алексеевич Безобразов (Petr Alekseevich Bezobrazov), Вице-адмирал , царская ВМФ России(1845-1906) - I sign my drawings as Ari Saarinen

I've also updated the first five images of the Talos units, reflecting some crucial changes to the bridge wings which had errors that I belatedly detected and have now fixed.

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My Avatar:Петр Алексеевич Безобразов (Petr Alekseevich Bezobrazov), Вице-адмирал , царская ВМФ России(1845-1906) - I sign my drawings as Ari Saarinen

Wow, excellent!

It's a excellent thread with outstanding drawn vessels and good historical informations. Thumbs up!

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Work in progress:
DD County Class PNS Babur (1982)(PAK)
FF Type 21 Class D182 PNS Babur (2000)(PAK)
All relevant Coat of Arms

Pity Topeka and Providence were not converted to Talos but one can understand the interest in getting Terrier into the fleet. It would have been interesting to see the Terrier ships updated with new FCS

The drawings are quite fine and bring back a lot of memories of operating with Okie Boat on WESTPACs. We get a number of FTs and GMs from the other Talos ships and the ones from Okie Boat really loved that ship. Of course, being in SE Asia had a number of attractions, including being on active service and actually getting to shoot in combat.