[SoCal Pubbie]

Actually, a USS Montana was begun but canceled due to arms limitations in 1922:

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/bb51.htm

Here's an artist conception of what the WWII Montana class would have looked like.

[COEXERJ145]

I love that picture. Wish I could find it large enough to use it as my wallpaper.