An item dated Washington, USA 3rd reported that the US Navy department ordered the building of new battleships with a total tonnage of 350.000 tons with a building budget of 11 million pond sterling. (1)
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1. The USA built first the battleships of the North Carolina-class consisting of the North Carolina and Washington, with a displacement of 35.000 tons and commissioned in 1941 and the South Dakota-class consisting of the South Dakota, Indiana, Massachusetts and Alabama, with a displacement of 38.000 tons and commissioned in 1942. These classes were succeeded b the 48.500 tons Iowa-class, consisting of the Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois and Kentucky commissioned between 1943-1944, except for the latter two which were never completed.
