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Montana Class (BB-67 through BB-71) 1941 Building Program. Construction canceled 1943.
The five battleships of the Montana class, authorized under the 1940 "Two Ocean Navy" building program and funded in Fiscal Year 1941, were the last of their kind ordered by the U.S. Navy. With an intended standard displacement of 60,500 tons, they were nearly a third larger than the preceding Iowa class, four of which were the final battleships actually completed by the United States. The Montanas were intended to carry twelve 16"/50 guns, three more than the earlier class. Protection against underwater weapons and shellfire was also greatly enhanced. They would have been the only new World War II era U.S. battleships to be adequately armored against guns of the same power as their own. To achieve these advances, the Montana class was designed for a slower maximum speed than the very fast Iowas and had a beam too wide to pass through the existing Panama Canal locks.
Completion of the Montana class would have given the late 1940s U.S. Navy a total of seventeen new battleships, a considerable advantage over any other nation, or probable combination of nations. The Montanas also would have been the only American ships to come close to equaling the massive Japanese Yamato. However, World War II's urgent requirements for more aircraft carriers, amphibious and anti-submarine vessels resulted in suspension of the Montanas in May 1942, before any of their keels had been laid. In July 1943, when it was clear that the battleship was no longer the dominant element of sea power, their construction was canceled.
The Montana class would have consisted of five ships, to be constructed at three Navy Yards:
# Montana (BB-67), to be built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania;
# Ohio (BB-68), to be built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard;
# Maine (BB-69), to be built at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York;
# New Hampshire (BB-70), to be built at the New York Navy Yard; and
# Louisiana (BB-71), to be built at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia.
The five battleships of the Montana class, authorized under the 1940 "Two Ocean Navy" building program and funded in Fiscal Year 1941, were the last of their kind ordered by the U.S. Navy. With an intended standard displacement of 60,500 tons, they were nearly a third larger than the preceding Iowa class, four of which were the final battleships actually completed by the United States. The Montanas were intended to carry twelve 16"/50 guns, three more than the earlier class. Protection against underwater weapons and shellfire was also greatly enhanced. They would have been the only new World War II era U.S. battleships to be adequately armored against guns of the same power as their own. To achieve these advances, the Montana class was designed for a slower maximum speed than the very fast Iowas and had a beam too wide to pass through the existing Panama Canal locks.
Completion of the Montana class would have given the late 1940s U.S. Navy a total of seventeen new battleships, a considerable advantage over any other nation, or probable combination of nations. The Montanas also would have been the only American ships to come close to equaling the massive Japanese Yamato. However, World War II's urgent requirements for more aircraft carriers, amphibious and anti-submarine vessels resulted in suspension of the Montanas in May 1942, before any of their keels had been laid. In July 1943, when it was clear that the battleship was no longer the dominant element of sea power, their construction was canceled.
The Montana class would have consisted of five ships, to be constructed at three Navy Yards:
# Montana (BB-67), to be built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania;
# Ohio (BB-68), to be built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard;
# Maine (BB-69), to be built at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York;
# New Hampshire (BB-70), to be built at the New York Navy Yard; and
# Louisiana (BB-71), to be built at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia.
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From: 262 miles N of the Dragon
Originally Posted by kgf3076,Feb 6 2011, 07:46 AM
Hope you're out of the cast and walking (and back to your normal abnormal) self soon. This sucks...who'll I follow over the Dragon on Friday night? :
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Originally Posted by Lovetodrive2000,Feb 6 2011, 11:45 AM
That just hurts looking at it! 
I ended up having 3 surgeries because of it. Put me out of commission for 18 months.
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From: Fort Polk, LA
Originally Posted by Lovetodrive2000,Feb 6 2011, 11:45 AM
Oh.... I will not miss WTD..... even if we take the Mazda Tribute!
It goes zoom-zoom..... so we should be OK!
It goes zoom-zoom..... so we should be OK!
now where am I gonna put the air fresheners if your car isn't here. 
