Uss georgia battleship design. After some researches people agreed on the fact that the ship is based on a preliminary design of the iowa class. The navy had been considering large battleship design schemes since 1938 to counter the threat posed by potential battleships of the imperial japanese navy which had refused to sign the second london naval treaty and furthermore refused to provide details about its yamato class battleshipsalthough the navy knew little about the yamato class some rumors regarding the new japanese battleships. Battleships 1941 1945 entries in the military factory.
On patrol duty in the south atlantic in december 1941 she would remain there as a flagship of a small detachment of warships monitoring the argentine navy. Uss georgia bb 15 was a united states navy virginia class battleship the third of five ships of the classshe was built by the bath iron works in maine with her keel laid in august 1901 and her launching in october 1904. There was a lot of head scratching around the georgia at the beginning because nobody really knew what she was.
Georgia is loaded with so many gimmicks that any high tier soviet french or royal navy battleship would be envious of her. Here is the upcoming new tier ix premium the uss georgia. More precisely she appears to be a somewhat modified bb61.
The iowa class was a class of six fast battleships ordered by the united states navy in 1939 and 1940. Uss georgia was the third ship of the colorado class. In late 1942 she would redeploy to the mediterranean fleet while the uss wyoming and uss california.
Illinois bb 65 was an uncompleted battleship originally intended to be the first ship of the montana classhowever the urgent need for more warships at the outbreak of world war ii and the us. Navys experiences in the pacific theater led it to conclude that rather than battleships larger and more heavily armed than the iowa class it quickly needed more fast battleships of that class to. The completed battleship was commissioned into the fleet in september 1906.
The united states kept pace with other naval powers in terms of battleship design heading into world war 2. The ship was armed with an offensive battery of four 12 inch 305 mm guns and eight 8 inch. The first designs the north carolina and south dakota classes complied with.
Uss washington bb 47 a colorado class battleship was the second ship of the united states navy named in honor of the 42nd stateher keel was laid down on 30 june 1919 at camden new jersey by the new york shipbuilding corporationshe was launched on 1 september 1921 sponsored by miss jean summers the daughter of congressman john w. With work originally suspended in 1922 work would later resume on the uss georgia. There are a total of 24 ww2 us.
The iowa class was designed to meet the second london naval treatys.