Under the LNT the ships retired were
United States:
United Kingdom:
- "Florida".
- "Utah".
- "Arkansas" or "Wyoming".
Japan:
- "Benbow".
- "Iron Duke".
- "Marlborough".
- "Emperor of India".
- "Tiger".
so roughly leaving them at 5:5:3 strength. Given these were the agreed ratios the British really didn't have much to bargain with.
- "Hiyei".
I'd agree though that the LNT was worse for the British than the WNT had been in a number of ways:
1. Limitations on the number of cruisers affected the British more than other countries (although it's debatable how much this actually affected the building programme)
2. Extending the building holiday meant a greater run down in building capacity in Britain than abroad
3. Extending the building holiday meant a greater end of life block replacement problem for the British because all their retained ships were ordered in a very short period, basically the 3 years worth of estimates 1912-4, apart from the Hood, Nelson and Rodney.
The LNT may well have been a mistake (unlike the WNT) but, as I said, major changes would lead to many butterflies. Not least in Anglo-American relations, which were probably at their interwar nadir before it due to the failure of the 1927 Geneva Naval conference, and were repaired by it before being affected by the great depression, the return of the war debts issue, protectionism and the mutual sense of betrayal over how to deal with the Manchurian crisis.
So this is a great example - of the 4 US Ships
Arkansas and Wyoming both served in WW2
Utah was a remote controlled target ship (sunk during the IJN Air Attack on Pearl Harbour) and only Florida of the 4 was scrapped after the 1st LNT
As for Japan Hiyei - which I presume you mean is Hiei - was 'demilitirised' between 1929 and 1937 and then rebuilt as a fast BB like her sisters
So between them the USA and Japan scrapped 1 ship post 1st LNT
Meanwhile the UK is scrapping more ships while having an older average fleet than both Japan and the USA
I think that there was more wriggle room for them to retain several vessels into the 30s while the older vessels were being refitted.