[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

By the time the Montana class was canceled, the aircraft carrier had already supplanted battleships as the dominant force in naval combat. Midway took care of that when Yamamoto was forced to retreat before his battlewagons could have any affect on the battle.

[COEXERJ145]

But for many naval historians such as myself, the passing of the battleship was the end of an era that had existed for roughly 500 years. (Starting with the first large wooden gunships.) It would have been amazing to see a Montana class BB.