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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 93908 Hull test model for the BB-57 (South Dakota) class battleships Hull model number 3536, photographed at the Experimental Model Basin, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., in 1938. Note the widely spaced skegs, supporting the outboard propeller shafts, that were a unique feature of this battleship class. Copied from the Bureau of Ships monograph "United States Battleship Designs for World War II", dated 1 June 1946. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 76KB; 580 x 765 pixels

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28 March 2000