Record Group 26: Records of the U.S.A Coast Guard C-130 Hercules airplane from Air Station Kodiak taxis to the runway at Coast Guard Base Kodiak, Alaska, on August 17, 2022. RG 19: Aperture Cards of Ship Engineering Drawings, 1950 - 1966 RG 19: Portfolio Series of Ship Engineering Drawings, 1908 - 1938
RG 19: Bureau of Steam Engineering Plans, 1862-1920 RG 19: Microfilm of Ship Engineering Drawings, 1945 - 1955 These plans are primarily useful if there aren’t plans available in any of the primary series In particular, the microfilm series can contain copies of more detailed plans that were often later disposed of by the Navy as temporary records, including details on insulation or lagging. Secondary series within RG 19 typically cover specific time periods, types of plans, or organizations within the Navy.
In order to locate specific plans, consult the dash file index cards, available on request in the research room, or in the catalog under: Index to Ship Design and Construction Drawings, 1862 - 1909. These plans are organized according to a Navy-assigned “dash” number. RG 19: Ship Design and Construction Drawings (DASH Plans), 1794-1909 These plans can be requested in the research room by citing the Hull series and the ship’s hull number. RG 19: Hull Series of Ship Engineering Drawings, 1874-1976 Rolled plans can be requested in the research room. The flat plans have been fully digitized and are available in the catalog. This series is subdivided into rolled and flat sub-series of plans. RG 19: Alphabetical Series of Ship Engineering Drawings, 1919-1940 They usually contain inboard and outboard profiles of the ship, as well as deck plans, which provide a comprehensive overview of the shape, layout, and dimensions of the ship. These booklets were most often produced in the WWII-era. One of the most useful types of records contained within these series is the booklet of general plans created for each ship. The Bureau of Ships absorbed the previous Bureau of Engineering and the Bureau of Construction & Repair, so this record group also includes many ship plans dating earlier than 1940.
Established in 1940, the Bureau of Ships was responsible for the construction and maintenance of the ships of the US Navy. The majority of ship plans held by the Cartographic Branch can be found within Record Group (RG) 19. Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships, 1940 - 1966 These drawings mostly consist of inboard and outboard profiles, deck plans, and sections, although additional general arrangement drawings exist for some ships. The National Archives’ Cartographic Branch holds ship engineering drawings for a majority of vessels commissioned by the United States Navy dating from the 1790s through the Korean War era.
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