United States Navy

The United States Navy possessed one of the most powerful battlelines in history from the end of the WWI till the end of the WWII. The Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 ("the most effective antiship weapon ever") killed many projects on the ways. In the mid '30-ies the battleship construction resumed and many new ships were laid down. This resulted in the designing of battleships with 60,000+ tons displacement to counter any existing or known enemy ship/design. If you look trough these drawings you will find some of these ships, and also some well known would have beens.

Hope you will enjoy this one too!

Battleships USS Montana in 1945

Technical data everywhere from Norman Friedman's U.S. Battleships An illustrated Design History, except otherwise noted.

Also note that some older drawings were upgraded and I applied a lighter tone Haze Gray.

USS South Dakota I final design

Proposed Fast Battleship Scheme D

Tillman Battleship Design No.3

Battleship Studies 166-168

Maximum Battleship Study 1934

BB Study April 1938 (I) / Slow battleship of 1938

BB Study 1938 June 28 / Slow battleship of 1938

BB-65-4 Design Study

BB-65-8 Design Study

BB-65-16 Design Study*

BB-72-1 Design Study*

BB-72-2 Design Study*

BB-72-3 Design Study*

BB-72-4 Design Study*

BB-72-6 Design Study*

BB-72-7 Design Study*

BB-72-8 Design Study*

BB-76-1 Design Study*

Carriers

Fleet Carrier scheme C-2, 8 May 1946

Cruisers

CA-2d Design Study

CB-7-1 Design Study*

USS Lexington final design

CC-7-2 Design Study*

Heavy Cruiser Project*

Heavy Cruiser Project 2

Soon more will come!