Okay here's an odd request from the king of Abrams.

I am wondering if anyone might have some references for the USS Nashville (CL-43) or it's sister ship the Honolulu. They were Brooklyn class cruisers during the second world war. I am drafting up a set of CAD drawings of the Nashville that will be converted into the Honoulu later for Tim Dyke at ModelWarships.com. The plans he has are paper plan views drawn from the original government blueprints. I am seeing a few minor discrepencies so I am wondering if anyone has pictures or drawings I can check them against. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Rob

And yes, I have looked around the web for an hour or so earlier but not found anything of worth, so if you have any good URL's that would be good too.

Broabrams,
Here is a couple of sites that should help.
WW-2 cruiser operations
http://www.world-war.co.uk/html

And Navsource
http://www.navsource.org/html

HTH,
Garry

I have Squadron's book on American Light Cruisers and they discuss the Brooklyn Class. I too am interested in the USS Nashville.