The Montana-class battleships, conceived under the 1940 Two-Ocean Navy Act, were envisioned as the U.S. Navy’s most formidable warships. With a standard displacement of 60,500 tons and twelve ...

Key points and Summary - The Montana-class represents the U.S. Navy battleships that never sailed. Authorized in 1940 as America's answer to Japan's Yamato-class superbattleships, the five planned ...