![]() However, the scale of the protection was adequate for a front-rank capital ship, and the Iowas compared well with all their contemporaries except the giant Japanese Yamato Class.To conceal the thinning of the armour down to 310 mm (12.2 in) it was put about for many years that the class had 460-mm (18-in) belts and massive deck armour, though the 1937 studies had shown that it would have been impossible to reconcile such heavy protection with 30 knots’ speed. Although never regarded as battlecruisers, the Iowa Class were just that, as they sacrificed armour for maximum speed while having the same weight of armament as the preceding Washington and South Dakota Classes of battleships. ![]()
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