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Production of the vast amount of armor plate needed was a limiting factor but for all of the time and money invested in the Alaskas I think at least one if not both of the uncompleted members of the Iowa class (BB-65 Kentucky and BB-66 Illinois) could have been finished.The Alaskas were originally going to have a torpedo defensive scheme more appropriate for a battleship or battlecruiser sized ship but in an effort to shave some tonnage off this was removed and the armor inclination was reduced somewhat as well I think. Probably a poor decision in retrospect since they still were about as costly to man and operate as a real fast battleship.
Production of the vast amount of armor plate needed was a limiting factor but for all of the time and money invested in the Alaskas I think at least one if not both of the uncompleted members of the Iowa class (BB-65 Kentucky and BB-66 Illinois) could have been finished.
The Alaskas were originally going to have a torpedo defensive scheme more appropriate for a battleship or battlecruiser sized ship but in an effort to shave some tonnage off this was removed and the armor inclination was reduced somewhat as well I think. Probably a poor decision in retrospect since they still were about as costly to man and operate as a real fast battleship.
