338 SUPER-BATTLESHIPS OF WORLD WAR I: The Lost Battleships of the Washington Treaty

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Studies and compares the battleships being designed between 1918 and 1922, which drew on the lessons of World War I. Britain was designing four G3-class 15-inch gun battlecruisers, plus four N3 'hyper-dreadnoughts,' mounting colossal 18-inch guns. The US Navy was planning six new South Dakota battleships, carrying an incredible twelve 16-inch guns, plus six Lexington-class battlecruisers. Japan was working on a similar project, and in 1920 the first of four Amagi-class battlecruisers were laid down. These battleships and battlecruisers were mostly canceled and scrapped, due to the Washington Naval Treaty, with a few, such as Lexington and Akagi, converted into aircraft carriers. Includes new color reconstructions of the G3, H3, South Dakota, Lexington, and Amagi classes. Illustrated throughout with 40 photos and 8 pages of color illustrations.