New American battleships to be armed with 40,6cm guns according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1916-1917 no. 8

An item reported that the American battleships for which a budget in 1917 was to be asked received a main armament of 40,6cm L/50 guns (number unknown, possible 12). Each gun weighed 129 ton, the L/45 guns weighed 101 ton.