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Here is how one of the proposed 65,000-ton battleships would encompass one of the navy's largest modern warships now in service, the half-as-heavy Colorado (BB-45). Five super-battleships, to displace 65,000 tons when fully armed and loaded, are reported included in current naval appropriations.
Because the battleships that would have received the BB-65 and BB-66 hull numbers had been assigned to the Iowa class, the next design was labeled "BB 67-1". This design shortened the hull to 880 ft (270 m) at the waterline, likely to keep the length within the limits of the new slipways being built at the Norfolk Navy Yard and the Philadelphia ...
USS "Louisiana" (BB-71) – pancernik amerykański, którego budowa została anulowana, zanim położono jego stępkę. "Louisiana" została zaplanowana jako pancernik typu Montana i była przeznaczona dla United States Navy. Byłaby czwartym okrętem nazwanym od stanu Luizjana.
This is a conceptual model of the Montana-class battleship USS LOUISIANA (BB-71). Five of these vessels were planned but never built, with all five were cancelled by July of 1943. The names set aside for this class in order of contract were MONTANA (BB-67), OHIO (BB-68), MAINE (BB-69), NEW HAMPSHIRE (BB-70), and LOUISIANA (BB-71).
The Louisiana is one of five Montana-Class Battleships planned by the US Navy during World War II; and the last ship of t...
Website with searchable ship database about warships, passenger liners, merchant ships, photo galleries, technical details, stories, news and much more. Louisiana BB-71 Model of the proposed Montana Class.
Louisiana (BB-71), to be built at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia. Montana class design characteristics: Displacement: 60,500 tons (standard); 70,965 tons (full load)
