By February 1938 it appeared increasingly likely that the Second London Treaty’s tonnage related escalator clause will be activated soon due to Japan’s unwillingness to answer questions on its new battleship’s displacement. If the previous 35kton designs were more in line with the US North Carolina and South Dakota classes than the following ones were…
Category: Battleship
Warship Projects Profile No.GB002 – Lion class – Part I.: 35.000t-ers
Great Britain tried very hard for many years to keep the 35.000 ton limit set by the Washington Treaty as long as possible. They committed first to building new ships after the expiration of the building holiday and came up with the King George V class. To get the ships into service at the earliest…
Montana class genesis – reloaded! Part 1.: Prelude
Feature article about the development of the US Navy’s most powerful battleship class
Yamato class genesis
The Imperial Japanese Navy’s Yamato class’ design history
Warship Projects Profile No.JP003
A-57 battleship design
Warship Projects Profile No.JP002
A-55 battleship design
Warship Projects Profile No.US003G
United States Navy Anti-Aircraft BB conversion for BB66 Scheme G
Warship Projects Profile No.US002F
United States Navy North Carolina class preliminary Battleship Design F
Warship Projects Profile No.US002C
United States Navy North Carolina class preliminary Battleship Design C
Warship Projects Profile No.US002B
United States Navy North Carolina class preliminary Battleship Design B
Warship Projects Profile No.US002A
United States Navy North Carolina class preliminary Battleship Design A
Warship Projects Profile No.US002H
United States Navy North Carolina class preliminary Battleship Design H
Warship Projects Profile No.US002D
United States Navy North Carolina class preliminary Battleship Design D
Montana class genesis
Feature article about the development of the US Navy’s most powerful battleship class