ChuckW wrote:
Correct, but the Midway class did use the Montana class hull design as
a starting point.


sNIP

Sorry, buty no.

While the Montanas were of the same generation as the Midways but had a
standard displacment of 60,500 tons while the Midway's was 45,0000 and
had a substantially differnt hull design. What was derived from the
battleship design was the machinery, the 212,000 SHP powerplant being
almost identical to the Iowas. The Momtanas had 172,000 SHP plants. See
Friedman's definitive works, "US Battleships" & "US Airvraft Carriers"