Improve the Alaska class Large Cruisers

Screw the whole CB thing go for a smaller fast Battleship.Superior underwater protection is needed and a belt and deck able to withstand its own armerment.And a bigger rudder!
Having Forastal hit by a truck in 1939 could have acheaved this.
 
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Driftless

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Screw the whole CB thing go for a smaller fast Battleship.Superior underwater protection is needed and a belt and deck able to withstand its own armerment.And a bigger rudder!
Having Forastal hit by a truck in 1939 could have acheaved this.

The love child of the Iowa and South Dakota?
 

Redbeard

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If not building them is cheating how about building them in scale 1:2400? The budget version would be a simple one piece cast in pewter, the more luxurious version with separate main turrets to plug in.
;)

BTW, I'm quite surprised that the Baltimores had so large crews. What were they doing - they did have a comprehensive AA outfit , but not that many! And boy - how cramped it must have been on board :eek:
 
The Alaska's 12"/50 Cal guns were the equivalent of 14" guns from other navies.The Alaska and the Iowa were attempts to miniaturize battleships.It would have been interesting to see where that line of development would have gone.
 

CalBear

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If not building them is cheating how about building them in scale 1:2400? The budget version would be a simple one piece cast in pewter, the more luxurious version with separate main turrets to plug in.
;)

BTW, I'm quite surprised that the Baltimores had so large crews. What were they doing - they did have a comprehensive AA outfit , but not that many! And boy - how cramped it must have been on board :eek:
I'm pretty sure the crew figure for the Baltimore class was under 1,200. The over 2,000 figure is likely a typo.
The Alaska's 12"/50 Cal guns were the equivalent of 14" guns from other navies.The Alaska and the Iowa were attempts to miniaturize battleships.It would have been interesting to see where that line of development would have gone.
The one thing that was absolutely superb on the CB was the 12"/50, spectacular weapon. Utterly unneeded and the development cost a total waste, but one of the truly outstanding bits of design in the war.

The Iowa's were more an attempt to create a battle cruiser without the flaws. It was a massive success since the result was arguably the best protected and flexible capital ship ever created. The Alaska's were the result of too many late nights featuring cold malty beverages, followed by strong coffee and sugary breakfast foods.
 
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