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Seemed quite easy after the Iowa!





Second is the ship as she appeared in 1939 with Measure 3, the Light Gray 5-L system (usually known as "Pre-War Light Gray".

The ship received various refits throughout the war and I plan to draw the 1942 refit, and possibly the 1945 Wichita if sources and time permit.

No new parts this time, sorry.

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Both look very good, though, one eensee teensee criticism, if I may: the break where the flukes begin at the transom, should be more accentuated. Right now it looks like only a random line without purpose, I'm afraid. This line also should be more angled down, towards the bilge keel; in effect touching the outer shaft bipod stand. Other than that, I am suitably impressed. If you want, I can redraw those flukes, if you don't have time or interest and send it to you, I don't mind.

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Very nice work!

-Matt

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Another great cruiser by Colo. What is that 'thing' above the propeller, what's that for?

Clonecommander, what you're referring to is a unique design feature of the USN: a practice of theirs to design a flat, 'V'-shaped bottom floor with a Knuckle or break that usually began just below the CWL and extending in a gentle slope from the stern towards the amidships, usually ending above the outer shaft tube. Most US cruiser classes from the Pensacola featured it and it was both a weight saving measure as well a sea keeping thing; tests in tanks had proved that it improved the hydrodynamic flow quite substantially but it was also more expensive to build. I hope this answers your question!

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may I ask what you refer to with CWL? I have never heard that abbreviation in shipbuilding terminology IIRC. the only thing I could think of was center waterline, an part that does not exist..........

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Construction Water Line (I think that's the translation anyway.)

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is that the waterline as it ends up to be or is that the same as the DWL (design waterline) ?

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I think it's the same, though I'm not 100% sure.
When it comes to having multiple redundant and often conflicting acronyms nothing beats marine engineering.

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