These behemoths were to be the USS Montana (BB-67), USS Ohio ... the Americans wanted to surpass the Japanese Yamato-class battleships. In essence, the Montana-class battleships were designed ...

The USS Montana is the second warship to bear the ... larger than its Iowa class predecessors and approached Japan’s Yamato. Development of what was called the Montana class was suspended ...

HIJMS Yamato sank under a barrage of bombs and torpedoes two months before the projected completion date of USS Montana. The German and Soviet ships didn’t make it much farther than the Montanas ...

Montana, Montana, Glory of the Seas: The Story of the Two USS Montana Warships is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android ...

HIJMS Yamato sank under a barrage of bombs and torpedoes two months before the projected completion date of USS Montana. The German and Soviet ships didn’t make it much farther than the Montanas ...

Previously, only the Tennessee-class cruiser carried the name USS Montana (ACR-13), and while she escorted convoys during the First World War, the vessel was eventually renamed and reclassified as ...