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Ship Plans
scans of shipyard blueprints

free download
 

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Ship plans available here are scans of original, declassified shipyard drawings released to the public by US Government agencies and other reputable public sources.  Most are general arrangement drawings such as US Navy "Booklets of General Plans" drawings held by the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) at College Park, Maryland.  Some come from the US Department of Transportation (USDoT) or from foreign national archives and museums.  These are plans of actual ships, not plans of ship models.

We extend our sincere appreciation to the NARA and USDoT staff and the many generous private researchers who continue to dedicate considerable time, personal resources and effort to preserve and make these plans available to the public and to posterity.


These plans can be downloaded directly from NARA or USDoT and other public sources.  But the NARA and DoT collections are vast and difficult for most people to access and search.  Other public sources may be difficult to find.  So, we have made a selection of plans of popular ship modeling subjects available here at no cost.

1/800 - 1/1250 Scales: Widget

British, Commonwealth, Dutch, French, German and Japanese Ships

British ships
Sailing ships

Sailing Ships and Early Steam Ships

Ironclads

Ironclads and Monitors

Aircraft Carriers

US Navy Aircraft Carriers

Battleships

US Navy Battleships

Cruisers

US Navy Cruisers

Destroyers

US Navy Destroyers and Destroyer Escorts

Submarines

US Navy Submarines

Auxiliaries

US Navy Patrol Craft, PT Boats, Auxiliaries and US Coast Guard Vessels

Merchant

Merchant Ships

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