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.
More like an Iowa and a BaltimoreThe love child of the Iowa and South Dakota?
I'm pretty sure the crew figure for the Baltimore class was under 1,200. The over 2,000 figure is likely a typo.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![]()
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 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.