USS Long Beach Preliminary Studies

Does anybody know which official papers or Proceedings contains the likely various Long Beach AEGIS/CSGN conversion proposals?
 
And my two versions for the AEGIS conversion Proposal:
Variant 1:
https://www.deviantart.com/tzoli/art/USS-Long-Beach-AEGIS-Variant-1-865958867
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The design had these characteristics:
Dimensions: 210,4 (wl) x 219,9 (oa) x 22,3 x 8,8m
Displacement: Unknown
Engines: 80.000shp Westinghouse C1W Nuclear Reactors, 2 shafts
Speed: 56km/h (30knots)
Armaments:
2x2 RIM-66 Standard MR SAM capable of launching RUR-5 ASROCK,
4x4 RGM-84 Harpoon ASM,
2x4 RGM-109 Tomahawk CruM,
2x1 8"/55 (203mm/55) Mark 28 Guns,
2x6 20mm/76 Phalanx Mark 72 CIWS,
2x3 324mm Torpedo Tubes
2x SH-2 Seasprite Helicopters

Sensors:
1x SPQ-9 - Air/Surface Search Radar
1x SPS-55 - Surface-Search/Navigational Radar
1x SPS-67 Surface-Search Radar
4x SPG-62 AEGIS Illuminator Radars
4x SPY-1 - AEGIS 3D Air/Surface-Search Radars
1x TACAN - TACtical Air Navigation System

Variant 2:
https://www.deviantart.com/tzoli/art/USS-Long-Beach-AEGIS-Variant-2-866090924
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The design had these characteristics:
Dimensions: 210,4 (wl) x 219,9 (oa) x 22,3 x 8,8m
Displacement: Unknown
Engines: 80.000shp Westinghouse C1W Nuclear Reactors, 2 shafts
Speed: 56km/h (30knots)
Armaments:
2x2 RIM-66 Standard MR SAM capable of launch RUR-5 ASROCK,
4x4 RGM-84 Harpoon ASM,
2x4 RGM-109 Tomahawk CruM,
1x1 8"/55 (203mm/55) Mark 28 Guns,
2x6 20mm/76 Phalanx Mark 72 CIWS,
2x3 324mm Torpedo Tubes
2x SH-2 Seasprite Helicopters

Sensors:
1x SPQ-9 - Air/Surface Search Radar
1x SPS-55 - Surface-Search/Navigational Radar
1x SPS-67 Surface-Search Radar
4x SPG-62 - AEGIS Illuminator Radars
4x SPY-1 - AEGIS 3D Air/Surface-Search Radars
1x TACAN - TACtical Air Navigation System
 
Okay...
Updated the thread, fixed the broken image links and added more drawings (of the finished Long Beach).

Somewhat other:
Some of the Long Beach preliminary designs which feature the Radio Star Tracker Dome seems to lack space or position for a dedicated surface-search radar (SPS-5/10 etc) I've put the navigational SPS-53 radars on these designs as well but that is quite a small low range radar. Did the designers expect that the SPS-32/33 be used in the surface-search mode as well? Could it even do Surface Search?
 
What are your sources for variant 2? also, portholes near the waterline? (also, isn't this section for sources and discussions, not for artist impressions? maybe I misunderstand how the secretprojects forums work)
 
acelanceloet said:
What are your sources for variant 2? also, portholes near the waterline? (also, isn't this section for sources and discussions, not for artist impressions? maybe I misunderstand how the secretprojects forums work)
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Norman Friedman

U.S. Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History​


I can post the relevant pages later but did you refer to the Pre-design 2?
This?
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/uss-long-beach-preliminary-studies.35675/#post-421548That is based on the A design and the text from the book:
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/uss-long-beach-preliminary-studies.35675/#post-419321
Where do you see portholes at the waterline?
 
I see round things coloured blue all over the hull, including just above the waterline

and no, I am talking about your post from yesterday, Aegis CGN-9, variant 2.
 
acelanceloet said:
I see round things coloured blue all over the hull, including just above the waterline

and no, I am talking about your post from yesterday, Aegis CGN-9, variant 2.
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That is the original hull of the Long Beach and there are indeed holes near the waterline, just I mistook them for portholes. They are for excess / waste water?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/USS_Long_Beach_(CGN-9)_stbd_bow_view.jpghttps://www.hullnumber.com/p_photos/CGN-9.image.1004057.jpg
 
Yeah, those are exhausts of some kind (water or otherwise), there are no portholes in engine rooms normally ;)

But what are your references for Aegis CGN-9 variant 2? because I have seen no good references that match that design anywhere.
 
This is a beautiful thread about USS Long Beach Preliminary Studies

Why not keep it tidy and functional?. Why not opening a dedicated thread into the appropriate section and posting it there?

Please try to stay on topic.
 
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