McNaughton
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Since the question asked, which is the baddest WW2 battleship, then the Iowa class is COMPLETELY valid. However, had the question stated, which was the badest WW2 battleship of an 'era'. For example, which was the best post-war battleship (1918-1930) Which was the best pre-war treaty battleship (1930-1940) Which was the best post-treaty battleship (1940-1942) Which was thte best post-treaty battleship built after war experience (1941-1944) When we ask questions like this, then we can start putting things into 'reality', to find that very few nations built post-treaty battleships, let alone built with war expereince. The Yamato and Bismark (Should it have been, the Tiger class as well) were indeed post treaty battleships, but were built with very little understanding of what war they would be fighting, and suffered SEVERELY for this. The Iowa was in a totally different generation than any other class, as it was built at a time where the weaknesses of all battleships were fully apparant, and the lessons could be applied. It isn't fair to compare the Iowa, and say the King George V class, as both are generations apart, with one class facing severe size restrictions, while the other doesn't and was built with modern war experience. So, basically, the original question, Which was the badest WW2 battleship, was already answered before it was asked.
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