World War II
American Escort Aircraft Carriers
Casablanca (CVE-55) class
S4-S2-BB3 hulls
A Study in Blueprints
by Duane D. Borchers, Sr.
Book-069 $90.00
(Foreign, $120.00(11"x17", soft cover book of engineering
drawings, 221
pages)
Ships of class: USS Casablanca (CVE-55), USS Liscombe Bay (CVE-56),
USS Coral Sea (CVE-57), USS Corregidor
(CVE-58), USS Mission Bay (CVE-59), USS Guadalcanal
(CVE-60), USS Manila Bay (CVE-61), USS Natoma Bay
(CVE-62), USS Midway (CVE-63), USS Tripoli (CVE-64),
USS Wake Island (CVE-65), USS White Plains (CVE-66),
USS Solomons (CVE-67), USS Kalinin Bay (CVE-68), USS
Kasaan Bay (CVE-69), USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70), USS Kitkun
Bay (CVE-71), USS Tulagi (CVE-72), USS Gambier Bay
(CVE-73), USS Nehenta Bay (CVE-74), USS Hoggatt Bay
(CVE-75), USS Kadashan Bay (CVE-76), USS Marcus Island
(CVE-77), USS Savo Island (CVE-78), USS Ommaney Bay
(CVE-79), USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), USS Rudyerd Bay
(CVE-81), USS Saginaw Bay (CVE-82), USS Sargent Bay (CVE-83),
USS Shanrock Bay (CVE-84), USS Shipley Bay (CVE-85),
USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86), USS Steamer Bay (CVE-87),
USS Cape Esperance (CVE-88), USS Takanis Bay
(CVE-89), USS Thetis Bay (CVE-90), USS Makassar Strait
(CVE-91), USS Windham Bay (CVE-92), USS Makin Island
(CVE-93), USS Lunga Point (CVE-94), USS Bismarck Sea
(CVE-95), Salamaua (CVE-96), USS Hollandia (CVE-97),
USS Kwajalein (CVE-98), USS Admiralty Islands
(CVE-99), USS Bougainville (CVE-100), USS Matanikau
(CVE-101), USS Attu (CVE-102), USS Roi (CVE-103) and
USS Munda (CVE-104).
List of Blueprints
|
Title |
Vessel & |
Date of |
Page |
|
Outboard profile, |
S4-S2-BB3 aux. |
Jan. 25, 1943 |
35-36 |
|
Inner bottom, inboard profile, |
do. |
Nov. 10, 1942 |
37-38 |
|
Gen. arrg=t. & inboard profile, |
do. |
Oct. 10, 1942 |
39-40 |
|
do., hangar decks & below, |
do. |
Aug. 12, 1942 |
41 |
|
Docking plan, |
do. |
Jan. 14, 1943 |
42-43 |
|
Lines, |
do. |
Nov. 10, 1942 |
44-47 |
|
Body, |
do. |
Feb. 18, 1943 |
48-49 |
|
Body, |
do. |
- |
50 |
|
Shell expansion, |
do. |
Aug. 6. 1942 |
51-53 |
|
Framing expansion, |
do. |
Aug. 3, 1942 |
54-55 |
|
Mooring plan, |
do. |
Aug. 7, 1942 |
56-57 |
|
Deck covering, key plan, |
do. |
Oct. 3, 1942 |
58-59 |
|
Insulation, key plan, |
do. |
Oct. 28, 1942 |
60-61 |
|
Pillar & girder profile, fwd., |
do. |
Oct. 19, 1942 |
62-63 |
|
do., aft, |
do. |
Sept. 25, 1942 |
64-65 |
|
Fore peak framing, |
do. |
Sept. 25, 1942 |
66-69 |
|
Stem casing, |
do. |
Sept. 18, 1942 |
70-71 |
|
Stern frame & skeg, |
do. |
Sept. 16, 1942 |
72-73 |
|
Skeg, |
do. |
Sept. 14, 1942 |
74-75 |
|
Propellers & fairwater caps, |
do. |
Sept. 12, 1942 |
76-77 |
|
Arrg=t of shafting, |
do. |
July 30, 1942 |
78-80 |
|
Shaft struts, |
do. |
Nov. 11, 1942 |
81-82 |
|
Bossing plan, |
do. |
Dec. 1942 |
83-84 |
|
Draft marks, |
do. |
Jan. 28, 1943 |
85-86 |
|
Anchor handling, |
do. |
Nov. 18, 1942 |
87-89 |
|
Capstan arrg=t., |
do. |
Sept. 12, 1942 |
90-91 |
|
Rudder skin connections, |
do. |
Oct. 12, 1942 |
92 |
|
Arrg=t of steering stand, aft., |
do. |
Aug. 21, 1942 |
93-94 |
|
Surface lookouts, |
do. |
Jan. 11, 1943 |
95-96 |
|
Leadsmans platform, |
do. |
Oct. 27, 1942 |
97 |
|
Arrg=t. of
platforms & windscreen for |
do. |
Jan. 19, 1943 |
98-99 |
|
Bow chock, |
do. |
Aug. 26, 1942 |
100 |
|
Hawse pipe, |
do. |
Nov. 24, 1942 |
101-102 |
|
Horizontal signaling boom, |
do. |
Dec. 7, 1942 |
103-104 |
|
Sounding boom, |
do. |
Aug. 27. 1942 |
105-106 |
|
Foundations for mooring fittings, |
do. |
Jan. 18, 1943 |
107-109 |
|
do. |
do. |
Jan. 13, 1943 |
110-112 |
|
Inclined ladders in island structure, |
do. |
- |
113 |
|
Anchor & abandon ship ladders, |
do. |
Sept. 23, 1942 |
114 |
|
Gen. arrg=t. of
accommadiation |
do. |
Dec. 24, 1942 |
115-116 |
|
Airplane handling boom, gen. arrg=t., |
do. |
Oct. 9, 1942 |
117-118 |
|
do., for hulls 304-350 |
do. |
Nov. 9, 1942 |
119-120 |
|
Island structure, for hulls 301-303 |
do. |
Nov. 27, 1942 |
121-122 |
|
Island structure, for hulls 301-303, |
do. |
Nov. 27, 1942 |
123-124 |
|
Flight deck markings, |
do. |
Dec. 10, 1942 |
125-126 |
|
Wood planking, flight deck, arrg=t., |
do. |
Oct. 23, 1942 |
127-129 |
|
Arrg=t of flight deck, frame 5 to 47, |
do. |
Nov. 30, 1942 |
130 |
|
do., frame 47 to 101 & Island |
do. |
Dec. 20, 1942 |
131-132 |
|
do., frame 101-146, |
do. |
Dec. 1, 1942 |
133 |
|
do., frame 146-202, |
do. |
Dec. 2, 1942 |
134 |
|
Flight deck plating, fwd., |
do. |
Nov. 11, 1942 |
135-137 |
|
do., aft, |
do. |
do. |
138-140 |
|
Flight deck walkways & island |
do. |
Sept. 26, 1942 |
141-143 |
|
Arrg=t of
gallery deck & walkways, |
do. |
Nov. 24, 1942 |
144 |
|
do., frames 48-102, |
do. |
Nov. 20, 1942 |
145 |
|
do., frames 100-147, |
do. |
Nov. 27, 1942 |
146 |
|
do., frames 146-202, |
do. |
do. |
147-148 |
|
Gallery walkways & gun platforms, |
do. |
Jan. 6, 1943 |
149-152 |
|
do., frames 5-47, for hulls 301-303, |
do. |
Jan. 14, 1943 |
153-155 |
|
do., frames 47-101, |
do. |
do. |
156-158 |
|
do., frames 101-146, |
do. |
Mar. 4, 1943 |
159-160 |
|
do., frames 146-202, |
do. |
Feb. 11, 1943 |
161-164 |
|
Arrg=t of rails
& stanchions, |
do. |
Nov. 30, 1942 |
165-166 |
|
do., aft, |
do. |
do. |
167-168 |
|
do., tower levels & flight deck, |
do. |
Nov. 9, 1942 |
169-170 |
|
Arrg=t. of
hangar deck, showing |
do. |
Jan. 2, 1943 |
171-172 |
|
Arrg=t. of fixed
tower mast, |
do. |
Nov. 24-1942 |
173-174 |
|
do., hulls 304-350, |
do. |
- |
175-176 |
|
Structural details of fixed tower mast, |
do. |
Oct. 7, 1942 |
177-178 |
|
do., part 1, |
do. |
Dec. 7, 1942 |
179-181 |
|
Rigging details of fixed tower mast, |
do. |
Dec. 16, 1942 |
182-185 |
|
do., part 2 |
do. |
do. |
186-187 |
|
Antenna boom, arrg=t & details, |
do. |
Dec. 12, 1942 |
188-189 |
|
Uptake casing, |
do. |
do. |
190 |
|
Arrg=t of
machinery, X-tions fwd. |
do. |
- |
191-192 |
|
do., aft, |
do. |
- |
193-194 |
|
Arrg=t of
machinery, elevation at c.l. |
do. |
Jan. 4, 1943 |
195-196 |
|
do., looking to port, |
do. |
- |
197-198 |
|
Ventilation, elevation, fwd. |
do. |
Nov. 5, 1942 |
199-201 |
|
do., X-tions, do., |
do. |
do. |
202-205 |
|
Ventilation, elevation, machinery |
do. |
Sept. 11, 1942 |
206-208 |
|
Ladders & gratings, fwd. engine room, |
do. |
Nov. 28, 1942 |
209-210 |
|
Ammunition hoists & escape trunks, |
do. |
Dec. 10, 1942 |
211-213 |
|
do., sheet 1a, hulls 319-350, |
do. |
do. |
214-216 |
|
do., sheet 2, |
do. |
Dec. 20, 1942 |
217-219 |
|
5" gun foundation for 5"/38 |
do. |
Dec. 1, 1042 |
220-221 |