User blog comment:Void Samukai/The 7 key BBs in history/@comment-10905876-20160120133721/@comment-27822411-20160120225759

An intresting choice of ships Kevin. Though I'm not so sure about the Maine being all that important. But hey, what do I know about US battleships, other than the fact they got wrecked badly at Pearl Harbour. Not too much.

In my eyes, North Calorina was the US' first fast BB, the SD was an attempt to ave a smaller ship with the same firepower, speed and improved armourrotection, but suffered from a weaker torpedo denfence, while the good old Iowas were just 10000 heavier, faster versions of the SD. In fact, I'm willing to call the Iowa class Battlecruisers, but somehow I don't think many people will agree.