Colorado-class
North Carolina-class
South Dakota-class
An item referred to the Proceedings dated March 1937 reporting that the new American battleships were to have a armour deck of just 12,5cm/4.9” although supplying enough protection even against the heaviest bombs dropped by aircraft.(1)
Note
1. This must be the North Carolina-class fast battleships consisting of the North Carolina and Washington, preceded by Colorado-class and the never realized South Dakota-class and succeeded by the South Dakota-class and with a main armament of 3x3-40,6cm/16” guns and an armour consisting of a 30,48cm/12” thick deck and 17,78cm/7” thick deck.
