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Is anybody outhere do have any information about the "new" underwater hull of the U.S.S. Atlanta (IX-304)
as a "Shock Test Target Ship" (four shafts instead of two , etc).
Thanks for your help.
-Michael-

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I am guessing any changes to the underwater hull would realistically be limited to to installation of a faux-sonar housing (something that woudl approximate the most common installation of that time). Otherwise redoing the entire underwater hull would practically be building a new ship. New superstructure is easy; new hull is not.

Here is what wiki had to say:

She underwent an extensive modification at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard. Reinstated on the Navy list as IX-304 on 15 May 1964, the vessel was converted to a target ship for studies of the effects of high energy air explosions on naval ships. The changes included cutting her hull down to the main deck level and erecting various experimental superstructures, designed for guided missile frigates and guided missile destroyers, on her deck.

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Ohps... I have clicked on the wrong "Atlanta" on Navsource.
Not CL-51 (two shafts). it's CL-104 (four shafts) of course,
but I cannot find any information about a sonar fitting to her.
The underwater hull is not more the problem - but a sonar??

http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/104/04104.htm

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If it's to study high-energy air explosions then any underwater changes would be pointless.

If it's to study shock-tests period, or underwater shock tests, I'd still find it hard to believe that they'd do anything more extensive than tack on a sonar housing (as that'd be the most relevant thing to test anyway).