Inspired by
this thread, make your changes to OTL by replacing useless battleships with other naval/merchant ship construction, from 1930-1945. Whatever ships you remove, tell us why they deserved to be removed, and what you would have them replaced by.
For me, I got to thinking about my upcoming "Invasion Hawaii" thread, and was looking at the (to me) newly discovered facts of Japans Oil import situation, and could only shake my head. Then I started thinking about the uselessness of building huge 'gas hogs' of monster Super Battleships of the Yamato class, and then had me a light bulb moment, and thought: "What if, instead of the Yamato class battleships, the Japanese had instead been building the worlds biggest (and first) Super-Tankers?
In other words, the Japanese don't build ships that worsen their Oil importing situation by using up precious fuel, but rather ships that help their importation of Oil? The first two Yamato's were laid down in late 1937/early 1938, and were launched in mid to late 1940. How much less time would be needed to build ships of this size as simple tankers with huge open spaces inside rather than all the watertight compartments and armoured ammunition magazines and such? How much Oil could a tanker of this size carry?
Any thought on these ships replacements?
How about other 'useless battleships' replacements?