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Originally Posted by TopHatter
That would have required/facilitated removal of all Tomahawk and Harpoon launchers and most of the 5-inch battery, correct?
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According to the drawings being circulated here and there on the net (presumably based on a set of plans made for NAVSEA by JJMA IIRC), all Tomahawks box launchers would be removed, but the Harpoons would be retained together with 4 x 5" mounts.
Regarding the 5" mounts, the drawings being circulated show Mounts 53, 54, 57 and 58 retained, with their guns replaced with 5"/54 instead of the existing 5"/38 (which doesn't make sense). Mounts 51 & 52 seem to have been replaced by a pair of single 40mm autocannon of an unknown type (which doesn't make sense either).
I'll have to check on my copy of the original plans whether this strange arrangement was part of the JJMA(?) design or added by whoever at a later stage.
My opinion (from day one) is that neither the original plans by JJMA(?) nor the drawings they have inspired actually hold water, but this is another story...
