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It's an awkward translation.Replacement is a better word, they were not replenishment ships.See here:http://xoomer.virgilio.it/bk/NWS/Imperial_Japanese_Navy/Kongo_replenishment/index.htmlUPDATE:Note that there are also pics on that page of something called the "dream battleship". This was a notational design by a naval architect named Fujimoto for the maximum battleship studies that resulted in the Yamato. However, Fujimoto fell out of favor when his designs proved to be too tight (resulting in a capsized ship and a dead crew). It is unclear to me if there was ANY official support for the "dream battleship" or if it had been worked out in any detail beyond a spring style. It is popular amongst Alt/History enthusiasts, though iIm not sure it isn't mostly apocryphal.The Kongo and Fuso replacement designs were initially designed in anticipation of the battleship moratorium being lifted in 1930 and were developed under the assumption that the Washington/London treaty system was going to be honored by the Japanese. As the militarists consolidated their power it was decided around 1935 to abandon the treaties and build ships as big as the graving docks would allow. After that that point the Kongo and Fuso replacements were a dead issue.
It's an awkward translation.
Replacement is a better word, they were not replenishment ships.
See here:
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/bk/NWS/Imperial_Japanese_Navy/Kongo_replenishment/index.html
UPDATE:
Note that there are also pics on that page of something called the "dream battleship". This was a notational design by a naval architect named Fujimoto for the maximum battleship studies that resulted in the Yamato. However, Fujimoto fell out of favor when his designs proved to be too tight (resulting in a capsized ship and a dead crew). It is unclear to me if there was ANY official support for the "dream battleship" or if it had been worked out in any detail beyond a spring style. It is popular amongst Alt/History enthusiasts, though iIm not sure it isn't mostly apocryphal.
The Kongo and Fuso replacement designs were initially designed in anticipation of the battleship moratorium being lifted in 1930 and were developed under the assumption that the Washington/London treaty system was going to be honored by the Japanese. As the militarists consolidated their power it was decided around 1935 to abandon the treaties and build ships as big as the graving docks would allow. After that that point the Kongo and Fuso replacements were a dead issue.
