Uss georgia battleship wows. Georgia comes packed with six 18 inch guns in three twin turrets an arrangement. Uss georgia was the third ship of the colorado class. 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.
Still im a little confused why world of warships went with a paper ship for their second. Georgia is loaded with so many gimmicks that any high tier soviet french or royal navy battleship would be envious of her. In late 1942 she would redeploy to the mediterranean fleet while the uss wyoming and uss california.
The uss ohio bb 68 was to be the second montana class battleship and wouldve been the fourth ship to carry the name ohio. Here is the upcoming new tier ix premium the uss georgia. Georgia on my mind.
After some researches people agreed on the fact that the ship is based on a preliminary design of the iowa class. A low number of hard hitting guns superior secondaries and a special set of consumables make this paper ship perform very differently from her us counterparts like iowa or missouri. Testing out the georgia a tier 9 american battleship with 6 guns at 457mm.
Hope you enjoy the first look and have a wonderful day. The completed battleship was commissioned into the fleet in september 1906. There was a lot of head scratching around the georgia at the beginning because nobody really knew what she was.
Its basically an iowa hull with 18 inch guns. 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. The montana class battleships were planned as successors of the iowa class for the united states navy to be slower but larger better armored and with superior firepowerfive were approved for construction during world war ii but changes in wartime building priorities resulted in their cancellation in favor of continuing production of essex class aircraft carriers and iowa class battleships.