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Posted by Ralph Wood on April 13, 2025, 8:53:33, in reply to "Re: Wasn't there (once upon a time) a proposal for a "through deck" Spruance ?"
This information article on the Spruances is long and detailed. Waaay down, there is a section titled "Derivative designs." All kinds of line drawings of the proposals for the hull, with the aviation enhanced variants covered. Just before you reach that section (which follows mention of the Kidd class) is a line drawing of the Ingalls VTOL ship:
https://naval-encyclopedia.com/cold-war/us/spruance-class-destroyers.php 
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Yes, most definitely. There was proposed the "sea control ship":
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Control_Ship
Ingalls submitted ideas based in their Spruance hull. Midway down this article is a drawing of one concept:
https://laststandonzombieisland.com/2013/11/10/the-abandoned-destroyer-class-curse-of-the-spruances/
This is a what-if model project (on a what-if forum) and everything written about it after the first paragraph is imaginary. Still, nice pictures of a model of another version that was proposed:
https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=42912.0
Nowadays, you can find ready-made kits of the above:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/375609433414 Previous Message
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