Talk:Iowa/@comment-5946690-20160223155516/@comment-27882308-20160228053641

ok a few points of clarification. The Iowa class had 4 Original order units (Iowa New Jersey Missouri and Wisconsin) then when they decision was made to Cancel the Montanas 2 additional units were ordered, Because the final 2 units used the BB ID numbers from the Montana project (but not the  hull names), Aparently some people think that that they were either simply part of the Montana project (the names of the last two planed Battle ships were ordered as  Illinose and Kentucky Instead of Montana and Ohio, the planed names for the first 2 Montana class)(Incidentlay Kentucky (the "last" BB under construction by hull number) was further along in construction at the end of the war, and her bow was used to repair damage to the Wisconsin) and despite initial plans Convert both to a CV (and the Kentucky to a Guided Missle Battleship) The other weird theory seems to be that the "long hull" Essex came about because they converted the Montana plans to the Essex.