My idea was not to get the drawings into the catalog. I was bored and decided to try something new. I made these and wanted to know what people thought about them. Here is the revised 1942-1943 Montana. I changed all the single barrel 20mm to twin 20mm. http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy51/Karle9...
Here is the 1947 Montana. I added extra quad 40 mm and changed all the single 20 mm to twin. I decided to remove eight quad 40 mm turrets and replace them with 3 inch AA guns. The ship also has new radars that I found on the Worcester class CL. I also removed the Kingfisher and replaced it with the ...
So it has come to this: This is the Montana at the time when she was cancelled, around 1942-1943.
She does have 8 quad Bofors 40 mm and many 20 mm guns.
This is my first ship so go easy on me. This is the successor to the Iowa, the Montana class. Armed with twelve 16 inch guns and armor to withstand the super heavy shell. Weighting 70,000 tons at full load she would have been a potent enemy, even for the Yamato. The Battle of Midway and the dominanc...