[Cheburashka]

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/usnshtp/bb/bb67.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana_class_battleship

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Wonder if the 65,000 tonners would have been equipped with larger than the 16” guns that showed up on the IOWAs.

I was afraid of this. I didn't see that headline until I started preparing the post. I didn't save the rest of the article.

From Cheburashka's Wiki link:

The first two vessels were approved by Congress in 1939 following the passage of the Second Vinson Act.