South Dakota-class battleships
Lexington-class battle cruisers
An item dated Quincy, USA reported that shortly after New Year the Platt Company would lay down the super dreadnought USS Massachusetts with a length of 660 feet and an armament of 21-16” guns.(1)
A month later was the battle cruiser USS Lexington (2 0to be laid down. Length 880 feet. Horsepower 180.000 hp resulting in a speed of 35 miles. Armament consisting 0f 40cm and 15cm guns.
Notes
1. Laid down at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts on 4 April 1921, suspended on 8 February 1922, further building cancelled when completed for 11,0% on 17 August 1923, stricken on 10 November 1923 sold to broken up to the Steel Crap Company at Philadelphia, USA on 8 November 1923. Displacement 43.900 tons/43.200 long tons (design)-42.100 tons/41.400 long tons (standard-47.800 tons/47.000 long tons (full load) and as dimensions 660 (waterline)-684 (over all) x 106 x 33 or 200-208 x 32 x 10 metres. Of the South Dakota-class battleships consisting of the South Dakota, Indiana, Montana, North Carolina, Iowa and Massachusetts, preceded by the Colorado-class and succeeded by the North Carolina-class. Building authorized on 4 March 1917 but not executed to be able to use the results of the Battle of Jutland between the British and German navies on 31 May-1 June 1916 and that all building capacity was needed to built smaller warships. The Washington Naval Treaty of 6 February 1922 which was to limit the strength of the navies of the USA, Japan, France, Italy and the United Kingdom finally made an end of the in 1920 started building on 8the February followed by breaking up the unfinished hulls in 1923.
2. Laid down by Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, USA on 23 June 1921, completion cancelled in August 1923 and broken up en situ.
2. Of the Lexington-class. Never completed as battle cruisers due to the limitations of the Naval Treaty of Washington of 1922.(1) Designed as a response on the Japanese Kongo-class battle cruisers. General technical specifications. With a displacement of 44.200 tons/43.500 long tons-45.354 tons/44.638 long tons (deep load) were the dimensions 266,4 (over all) x 32,1 x 9,4 metres or 874 x 105.4 x 31 feet.
