Who had the best?
>>64678246Russia.
>>64678246Italy
>>64678246I can begrudgingly admit that mutt battleships are pretty cool.
Espana class was pure fetish material>shortstack >age gap>sibling rivalry>humiliation
>>64678246The power tits on USS Massachusetts (BB-2) are top notch.
>>64678246ULTRAVIOLENTYURIRAPE
US wins best in showBongs win best namesItalians win sexiestNips win tallest, longest, and girthiest
The Iowa Class topping out at 31 knots, probably very very rare, would have been crazy to see back then.
>>64678252You have Gangut anduh
>>64678809And muh Sovetsky Soyuz
>>64678775>Nips win tallest, longest, and girthiestTallest and girthiest yeah, but the longest battleships ever put to water were the Iowas, with New Jersey specifically being slightly longer than her sisters and thus the longest BB ever
>>64678923The Iowa, Richelieu and South Dakota looks so pleasing, it's the dark blue color scheme.
>>64678956I don't think the French typically did that, so for Richelieu it's probably a consequence of her being retrofitted in the US
>>64678809And Glorious Soviet Battleship Novorossiysk. Please don't ask why does it look so Italian or what was its final fate...
>>64678809>>64678809And Glorious Soviet Battleship Arkhangelsk. Please don't ask why does it look so British or what was its final fate...
>>64679041Russia has always been a joke..
>>64679070Daily reminder that they lost a naval battle against Czechoslovakia. You know, the landlocked country in central Europe...
>>64678801> The Iowa Class topping out at 31 knotsLol.
Russia, and it's not even close. Easily the greatest navy of all time.
>>64678246Iowas were the best, made entirely out of armor-class steel so effectively every deck and bulkhead was half-assed splinter protection as well has increased structural rigidity without any loss of strength. They had the largest AA compliment and were fast. So as far as functioning in fleet operations vastly superior to all other classes.If you want a 1v1 duel Iowa again as it had the best radar and speed, thus it could dictate the engagement.If you mean in a battleline, Yamatos win because that was what they were designed for and a battleline engagement reduces the discrepancy between their speed any any fast battleships while making their guns and armor more telling. Since the Iowas were the last class to be built and had effectively unlimited budget its an unfair contest to begin with.
