Help finding an image or drawing of USS Midway props/ rudders

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Thank you.

Cold War made accurate model design pretty difficult. I can understand why Revell could only design models of major capital ships from the waterline up.

Well, as I said, despite all of the changes she went through during her career, I can't imagine them doing a complete rebuild of her running gear to that extent. The drawing showing the Iowa class style configuration may not be official,  and simply a guess or supposition on somebody's part. Like you, I could not find anything supportive from prior to her mid life rebuild. But, if I do .  .  . I'll let you know.

Thank you, Brian. That's a really impressive collection of information. I have to admit that when I saw you had replied, I figured well he must have been swimming around under there and saw something!

I would note something though. The photos are all most certainly post her SCB-110 retrofit, unless they were taken before 1955. Likewise the cut away, which shows the hurricane bow that was installed then.

OTOH the drawing shows the original configuration, with the open bow. And the keelson/ prop arrangement that mirrors the Iowas.

Your side view of the rudder is priceless. I can scale the whole thing. Revell gave us the top halves only.

This is all very helpful.

Bill

So, it appears that the inboard shaft comes out of a keelson / docking keel, but still has struts and shaft bearing after the sterntube.

But, this one shows a configuration like Missouri .  .  .

I can't imagine that they would reconfigure the hull, unless there was damage.

I would trust the first pic, the cutaway and the last two pics. I'm not sure of the source of the drawing.