User blog comment:Void Samukai/BSC Kancolle/@comment-25722005-20150501025006/@comment-27822411-20150502050058

Tell the poor Japanese something they didn't know. Most people wouldn't know about the Satsuma, and few about the South Carolina, due to HMS Dreadnought....

But seriously, 11 inch armour belt. Sorry, but, didn't the South Carolina carry more. Heck, the Nassau carried more armour, though both ships were slower.