[elcid1970]

The proposed Montana-class battlewagons appear in those depictions to be about the same size as the Japs’ Yamato & Musashi battleships.

Good thing the Navy continued its by necessity forced conversion to aircraft carriers. A flattop not only carries its own air defenses but projects them onto enemy targets.

IIRC, the Jap battleships without air cover didn’t last long under Navy air attack.

[ken5050]

The seaplane lifts at the stern tell everything...designed for scouting purposes....it shows that battleship design at the start of the war had not yet embraced the idea of a combined strike force....

Since the late 60's the US has not had a steel mill that can produce armor plating of sufficient thickness to build a BB