For 27 years, RTX (formerly Raytheon) has created a poster every year with the names of every ship and graphical representations of every ship class in the US Navy. It’s a giveaway at trade shows but is also available as a download. They have a story about its origin and the person who created it with a link to download a pdf copy here.
I downloaded a copy. I did have to enlarge it a bit (ctrl +) to make it readable on my laptop. It does also include ships under construction with no apparent differentiation.
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Chuck, a chart for the Coasties?
The Acquisition Directorate has a comparable sort of poster on this page. Acquisition Directorate (CG-9) (uscg.mil), lower left corner.
In some ways it is really better done and handing out paper copies at trade shows might be a good idea.
It would be good if we could get it more widely distributed, even if it was just offering to mail a free copy to anyone interested.
We should definitely send one to every Navy League and Sea Scout organization.
Thanks Chuck, looks great!
Just an FYI: After you download it, you can email a hi-res copy to most print shops and get a poster-size print-out done.
I think I’ll do this for the CG version at my local UPS store. 😉
Bill, please let us know how it turns out and how much it cost?