This "design" apparently did exist as a specification for the Maru 6 program -- but since the plan was pretty much shelved with the defeat at Midway, nothing came of it. Assumedly, most (if not all) records of its existence were destroyed. Certainly, no official drawings survived (if they ever...
6th naval armaments supplement programme
early 1940s
empire of japan
heavycruiser
imperial japanese navy
imperial japanese navy technical department
maru 6 keikaku
ministry of the navy (japan)
world war ii
Something about Super-A Cruisers before Maru-5 Project.
Source: 早川幸夫,スーパー・クルーザー「超甲巡」覇王伝説,月刊《丸》,2013年5月号 (Monthly "Maru", May 2013).
The author stated that in a 1934 document named "Required National Defense Force from Treaty-Break to 1940" (条約決裂後ノ昭和十五年度ニオケル国防所要兵力表), that IJN's original plan...
1930s
3rd naval armaments supplement programme
early 1940s
empire of japan
heavycruiser
hunter-killer cruiser
imperial japanese navy
imperial japanese navy technical department
interwar period
maru 3 keikaku
ministry of the navy (japan)
super-a
world war ii
Here I gathered all the various cruiser designs and projects proposed for the Imperial Japanese Navy
Protected Cruisers:
Not found any so far except the cancelled sister ships of the Unebi and Tone classes
Light Cruisers:
Design C-19 (1912) - A primary mine-layer cruiser design offered before...
anti-aircraft cruisercruiser
empire of japan
heavycruiser
imperial japanese navy
imperial japanese navy technical department
interwar period
light cruiser
ministry of the navy (japan)
pre-world war ii
world war ii
I understand there was a proposal to reactivate two CA-134 Class Heavy Cruisers (probably USS Des Moines and USS Salem) in place of or in additional to the Iowa Class reactivations. Below are two of the concepts I have found. However, I was wondering if there are any more details out there...
For these cruisers I got most of my data from Norman Friedman's British Cruisers Two World War and After as well as from the forum member Smurf and parts from his book: A Directory of British Cruiser Designs. In case of Friedman's book it wasn't always clear what data was connected to what...
Any info on this? I'd forgotten all about it then it came up on another board. All I've been able to find is
"A strike cruiser (proposed hull designator: CSGN) was a proposal from DARPA on the next generation of cruisers in the 1980's. It was to be a guided missile attack cruiser with a...
cold war
cruiser
guided missile aviation cruiserheavycruiser
late 1970s
nuclear powered vessels
striker cruiser
through-deck cruiser
united states
united states navy
vstol carriers
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