What the Montana Class's 12 16-Inch Guns Were Actually Built For

The Montana class would have carried twelve 16-inch guns — a third more firepower than the Iowa class's nine. Four turrets instead of three. Armor thick enough to survive a hit from its own guns, something no other American battleship was ever built to do. Congress approved it. Steel was ordered. Shipyards were assigned. Not one gun was ever cast. Not one keel was ever laid. Two weeks after the Battle of Coral Sea, construction was halted — and the ship built to win a battleship duel that never came was cancelled before it could exist anywhere except on paper. If you found this useful, hit the like button and subscribe for a new video every week. We cover the real engineering decisions and unexpected turns behind the most famous warships ever built. —————————————————————————————— #MontanaClass #Battleship #NavalHistory #WW2 #WarshipsExplained #IowaClass #NeverBuilt #BattleshipHistory #NavalEngineering #MilitaryHistory