[Moose4]

I *think* they’re the first two of the Iowa class. The North Carolina and her sister ships are mentioned in the article as already under construction. But I can’t remember if there was another intermediate class of BB in between those or not.

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[KarlInOhio]

The 6 other ships mentioned are the two previous classes: North Carolina and South Dakota.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battleships_of_the_United_States_Navy#North_Carolina_class