Talk:Iowa/@comment-27240709-20160229034605

I'd be happy if Iowa can compete with Bismarck in utility. She was historically designed to counter the Tirpitz after all.

There's no way to have her rival Yamato/Musashi really. I can't find the source now (and it might be one of those more fictional histography than real things), but there supposedly was an exchange on the American side during the Yamato operation. Mitscher, the American carrier commander offered Spruance, the surface commander, the honor of dealing the finishing blow with his battleships. Spruance said "thanks, but no thanks." He had 3 Iowa class BBs, 3 other BBs and 2 Battlecruisers under his command at the time.