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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.
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).
As the US Navy's designers worked on proposals for the new ships, two distinct strains emerged: a comparatively slow, heavily armed and armored variant and a much faster, but lighter-armed and armored vessel that was primarily intended to catch Japanese cruisers and counter the fast Kongō -class battleships.
Coaling "Louisiana", 4/16/14, 1914. Shows the USS Louisiana (BB-19), a U.S. Navy battleship which was involved in the battle for Veracruz, Mexico during the Mexican Revolution.
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)
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.
