Hey David, first of all, I wholly agree with erik_t on the award winning non-existent conning of this variant! It's as if they just never thought of how and where to conn the vessel! It's very nice though, but thank GOD it was never materialized!
Second issue, and it's of no particular import at all, but thought I'd mention it in all honesty. Does my credit need to be on this? If you think so, then ok, but I do not want to "steal the blaze" from you and GD. (You may see something I'm not!)
And third, use my editions of the 1939 version of both the Duquesne and Tourville, and please do post both port and starboard elevations together with your top-notch top elevation. The sides are, after all different...
Ari,
I agree whole heartedly. Isn’t it amazing how fixated designers can become when thinking out side of the box; they were obviously concentrating on the flight deck and not conning the ship.