Battleship Washington, 1945

Sister ships are extremely interesting. The differences between the ships indicate different design considerations and modifications to later ships to account for knowledge gained with the earlier ship. Because the battleship Washington and North Carolina are sister ships, they may look the same, but in reality, there are many differences between the two ships, most visibly on the exterior decks where the Washington had many more single 20mm guns installed than the North Carolina. Once below deck, many other changes are evident, such as the battleship Washington having two waste grinder rooms and the battleship North Carolina only one, and the battleship Washington having one degaussing generator while the North Carolina had two. Each ship took slightly different paths to accommodate the burgeoning anti-aircraft crew members by converting different compartments to crew’s quarters and the Washington converting many more bunks to stack five high. On the 3rd deck, the Washington had modifications to the engineer officer’s office, crew’s quarters, the workshop, issue rooms, storage rooms, and added an air compressor workshop where the North Carolina had a repair locker. On the platform decks, many additional layout changes are evident as the shipyards made different changes at different times to accomodate battle experiences.

While the battleship Washington was not preserved, you can still explore the ship through these highly detailed plans and experience the daily life of her crew during WWII.

Deck Plans

Below is our collection of plans for the Battleship Washington. Each deck is printed individually and includes an abbreviation and symbol table. The superstructure decks are combined onto a single sheet of paper.

Washington Profile (inner view)

Superstructure and Bridge Decks

Superstructure Deck

Main Deck

Half Deck

Preview

2nd Deck

3rd Deck

1st Platform Deck

2nd Platform Deck

Hold

3rd Bottom

Inner Bottom

Lines Plans

The lines plans include hull dimensions to assist the modeler in accurately recreating the ship's hull. While the sheer and half-breadth plans are scaled to the selected purchase scale (see below), we print the body plan in a slightly larger scale to assist the modeler (unless requested otherwise): for 1:192 scaled plans, the body plan is printed at 1:96, and for 1:250 scaled plans, the body plan is printed at 1:192.

Body plan

The body plan includes the following stations: 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3 through 37, 38, 38.5, 39, 39.5, 40.

Sheer plan

The sheer plan includes the following buttock lines (in feet from ship's centerline): 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52.

Half-breadth plan

The half-breadth plan includes the following waterlines: 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 39-11, 44, 48, 52, 56.

Purchasing Plans

All orders include both the deck and the lines plans shown above. The tables below show the quantity and plan dimensions (rounded to the nearest 1/8") for two common plan scales. The 1:192 scaled plans bring the interior details to life, but does require a large viewing surface, while the 1:250 scaled plans—being a bit smaller—are easier to work with. For individuals interested in a different plan size, our CAD plans may be scaled to just about any desired size. Please contact us for custom scaled plans.

Note that we only sell paper copies of our plans; no pdf files are offered.