[Jimmy Valentine]

"At the close of WWII, the Navy had built the Alaska class battleship, which was faster, better armored and more stable than the Iowas"

Nope. They were battlecruisers. The Navy put 16 inch guns on them but they weren't much faster than the Iowas and much less well armored.

They were out of service and scrapped very quickly during the 1950's.

Regards,

[Wombat101]

Thank you,....for the third time...I mixed up the Alaskas and the Montanas...

[DarthVader]

See post #126 on the Alaskas. They mounted 12" very similar to the Scharnhorst and Gneisnau.