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dunno if anyone's seen this before, but...
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Nova Scotia, Canada
Joined: November 03, 2012
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Posted: Saturday, December 03, 2016 - 06:26 PM UTC
near complete plans for South Dakota class

http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/BB57/BOGP/
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Texas, United States
Joined: August 28, 2016
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Posted: Saturday, December 03, 2016 - 10:18 PM UTC
These plans will be a great help for those that want to detail up their kit. Thanks for sharing.
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Posted: Sunday, December 04, 2016 - 01:32 AM UTC
np. if they hadn't already been posted, knew they be of SOME interest
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Washington, United States
Joined: January 18, 2005
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Posted: Thursday, December 08, 2016 - 05:20 AM UTC
Glad people are finding the stuff
I've got a couple more sets I'll upload over the next couple of months, but the plans I have are otherwise at (and will be posted to) http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/Drawings/
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Posted: Monday, December 26, 2016 - 08:50 PM UTC
Those are some fantastic drawings that you have posted, and many thanks for doing that! I really liked the salvage drawing of the Arizona - that sort of inspires me to go get a kit of the AZ and build it up to try and match it the salvage drawing.

One interesting thing I've noticed, is that I always thought the Arizona and other BBs of the time had two smokestacks, but those drawings sure show different.

I'm just wondering, is it possible to get any of these kinds of drawings from the Navy? Or maybe through the National Archives? When I visited the USS Wisconsin a few years ago, in the window of the gift shop, there was a big (probably 8 or 9 feet in length, or so it seemed) drawing of the Wisconsin in profile. Unfortunately, there weren't any copies in the gift shop available for purchase.

Thanks again for posting those drawings!
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