Battleship Vs Battleship • Question about WWII US Cruisers aft armor belt design

WWII US cruisers use internal armor box to protect their aft magazines.
Before Brooklyn Class, the aft internal armored belt is vertically installed abeam the magazines, as shown in the following CA-24 damage report cross section diagram.

Since Brooklyn Class, however, the arrangement seems to be unclear. Many games like World of Warships and War Thunder modeled these ships as if they have the same aft magazine armor box like their predecessors, ie: the aft internal belt is vertical and very close to the magazines.
But recently, when I examining CVL-25’s general plans, I found that the aft belt of Independence Class light carrier seems to be a narrow sloping one and is placed more closer to the side of the ship.

I don’t have cross section plans of Cleveland Class cruisers so I don’t know if the original cruiser design is the same.
I checked CA-73, CA-135 and CG-11’s rear cross section plans and they seem to have the same aft belt arrangement as CVLs.
 

So, does anyone have more detailed plans to prove this?

statistics: Posted by Jean_Bart_1955 — 12:54 PM - 1 day ago — Replies 2 — Views 136

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