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Here is a downloadable scan of official US Navy Booklet of General Plans drawings of the Essex class aircraft carrier USS Essex CVA-9.  The drawings were originally prepared by Navy Yard Puget Sound, dated 22 May 1951, and updated by New York Naval Shipyard, dated 4 May 1960.  This set of 4 drawings includes the inboard profile and plan (overhead) views of the island decks and platforms, flight deck and gallery deck.
 
Due to the size of the drawings, they have been compiled and compressed as a single *.zip file.
 
The original scan was obtained from the US National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland.
 
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Add to cart and order as if this were a model.  You will be able to download the plans as a *.zip file after ordering at no cost to you.
 
Notice: these plans may not print at the scale stated on them due to the scanner settings chosen when the plans were originally scanned.