Posted on 04/04/2016 6:03:35 AM PDT by C19fan
The Boy Who Became a World War II Veteran at 13 Years Old
(related, served on the SD)
Here is a link to a Wikipedia article on “Maximum Battleship” studies done during the WWI period by the Navy at Congressional request:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_battleship
More detail on the design effort is provided here:
http://myplace.frontier.com/~wellsbrothers/Battleships/TillmanBB.html#Max
All the designs had their sizes and displacements constrained by the requirement to pass through the Panama Canal. Here is a page with a model of the Tillman IV-2 with 15 18” guns disposed in 5 turrets (2 forward, 3 aft). Model is done in the style of the Iowas but very brutal looking. Definitely a slugger.
http://general-quarters.blogspot.com/2013/07/flashback-friday-tillman-battleships.html
Thank you for posting the model of the Montana. Did you build it?
No, I just found the picture online.
I’m not saying that distrusting the British was the right thing, I’m just saying that it the attitude was extant at the time.
By 1942, it was clear that they were completely broke and not going to be competition going forward, but were otherwise irreplaceable in the ongoing conflict.
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