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All right, as I said before, the South Dakota class of 1920, OTL, was scrapped along with the Connecticut class pre-dreadnoughts were scrapped under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty. The USS Washington, (BB-
47), was launched, towed out to sea, and used as a gunnery target. Now
let's suppose that the South Dakota class of 1920 is built. By extension,
the USS Washington, (BB-47), is completed and joins the fleet. As for the
Connecticut class? It's still in service and by the 1930s and '40s, is refurbished. The entire class is up-gunned, its intermediate battery's replaced with a battery of 14" guns. It also gets radar. The South Dakota class of 1920, like the Connecticut class, and the USS Texas, (BB-35), OTL,
gets radar. How would this class fair in battle against the Japanese, assuming that the aircraft carrier's delayed until the end of World War II?
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