USA waiting with new building of battleships until the naval conference according to the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 12 July 1934

An item dated Washington, USA 12th reported that the US Secretary for the Navy Swanson firmly stated that the USA would not lay down a new battleship before the naval conference of 1935. All ships now under construction allowed by the Vinson law consisted just of heavy and light cruisers, destroyers and submarines within the limitations of the Naval Treaty of Washington.(1)

Note
1. Conference at London, England between 9 December 1935-25 March 1936 with a result the Second London Naval Treaty signed by France, United Kingdom and the USA.