![]() This lead to an escalator clause, allowing for the usage of 406 mm guns. This is more or less how the North Carolina-class was meant to be built but then Japan decided that they wouldn’t follow the treaty limits. 35 proposals were made with the design XVI-C being the selected one for construction with 3 quadruple turrets with 356 mm guns, a main belt of 260 mm and a speed of 27 knots. In the end, the design that was picked for further development was the design K. Several other designs were proposed with various configurations, including a hybrid between battleships and aircraft carriers (design F) with 2 quadruple turrets at the rear and a flight deck at the front. Out of the 3, only the design A was under the 35 000 tons limit with a displacement of 32 500 tons, a speed of 30 knots and a main battery consisting of 3 triple turrets with 356 mm guns in a configuration similar to the Nelson. When the United-States Navy started works on a new class of battleships, 3 first designs were proposed, named A, B and C. All of these would limit the displacement of new battleships to 35 000 tons and their armament to 356 mm guns. ![]() The Florida at tier VII is based on the North Carolina-class of battleships as it was initially designed.Īfter World War I, to stop the naval arms race that was raging between the different nations, multiple treaties were signed, including the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the Second London Naval Treaty of 1936.
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