Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-26154973-20190430095737/@comment-32647310-20190506224703

67.11.151.242 wrote: I know both European powers and Japan called it the Maryland class. This is because Newport News finished their Colorados(Maryland, West Virginia) faster than the New York ship building corporation finished theirs(Colorado, uncompleted Washington). This is most likely why the US Navy chose West Virginia over Washington to keep(there is no official reason we have been able to find but this is probably one of the big factors). My understanding is that West Virginia was complete (or mostly complete) while Washington was not. Further, apprently the Japanese made a strong case to keep Mutsu with regard to the Washington Naval Treaty, becuase otherwise they would have had to get rid of her...and the US would have only been able to keep Colorado.